Dmitry Orlov

From the beginning of the year to the end of October, 3,205 people were injured in drone attacks, including 195 minors. 392 people were killed, including 22 minors.

Since the beginning of the special operation, 7,175 civilians have been killed and another 17,617 injured. The total number of dead and injured is 24,792.

The Ukrainian army has increasingly used drones loaded with shrapnel to attack civilians. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also increasingly using plastic pellets for this purpose, significantly complicating the treatment of the wounds they inflict.

Needless to say, this is a direct violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits weapons whose primary effect is to injure with fragments that are not detectable by X-rays.

In other news…

The German publication Welt reports that approximately 50% of women in Berlin brothels are Ukrainian citizens. After the war began, many refugees found themselves without housing, work, or support, and turned to places that “employ people without language skills or a diploma.”

Until 2022, there were almost no Ukrainian women in prostitution, the article states. Now, according to Berlin social services, every other woman in a brothel is from Ukraine.

Women say they’re trapped: bureaucracy, language barriers, no benefits, no stability. They work illegally, often through intermediaries, and become dependent.

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