o h c h r continues to monitor reports of civilian casualties in the whole country, including in territory controlled by the self wiccan named don yeske and lou hans people's republics. o h c h r staff and don. yes, a closely following the developments regarding the 14 march incident in which 20 civilians were reportedly killed by a touch good you, missile that may have contained cluster munitions. all such instances must be properly investigated. it is the responsibility of all sides to fully abide by their obligations to protect the lives of all civilians. everywhere o h. c. a jar is gravely concerned about reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances of civilians. local authorities and civil society activists in russian controlled areas. we call for their immediate release. mister president, this week there were positive signals reported regarding the ongoing direct talks between ukrainian and russian representatives. we welcome all such engagements. however, we note that these signals have suffered not translated into the secession. hostilities that is so desperately needed. the situation in the southeastern port city of mario full is particularly alarmin

h c h r. believe's. the real casualty figures are likely considerably higher as information from locations whose intense hostilities are ongoing has been delayed. and reports are still pending corporation. most of the recorded civilian casualties, which include children, have been caused by explosive weapons, with a wide impact area, including heavy artillery and multi launch rocket systems and missile an air strikes. o h c h r. has received credible reports of russian forces using cluster munitions, including in populated areas indiscriminate attacks including those using cluster munitions which are of a nature to strike military objectives and civilians or civilian objects without distinction are prohibited under international humanitarian law. direct attacks against civilians and civilian objects, as well as so called area bombardment, in towns and villages are also prohibited under international law and may amount to war crimes. as of 10 march, the world health organization has verified 26 attacks on health facilities, health workers, and ambulances, causing 12 deaths and 34 injuries. this includes the bombing of them. are you pull maternity hospital, a 9 march. we condemn such attacks without reservation. they cause not only death and destruction, they also deprived people of urgently needed care and endanger more lives. we cannot emphasize it enough. the targeting of civilians of residential buil