article_snippet: a new report paints a picture of "merciless devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure," said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.
article_snippet: The fighting has inflicted extreme humanitarian hardship on civilians.
article_snippet: Many have been trapped in conflict zones, forced to shelter in basements, with hardly any drinking water, food, heating, electricity or basic medical supplies," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement.
article_snippet: The notion that civilians remained in the conflict zone of civilians own will is "misguided," UN High Commissioner for
article_snippet: A series of terror attacks in Mariupol, as well as in Kharkiv and Odesa, which are outside of the conflict zone, have set a bad precedent, UN High Commissioner for
article_snippet: Should this trend continue, this would represent a new and very deadly chapter in this conflict, expanding the areas where the rule of law and the protection of human rights are effectively absent," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.