Around 1,300 people have been killed in Ukraine's separatist conflict since a September ceasefire, according to a U.N. report that said many living in the country's rebel-held east were struggling to survive.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: UN says around 1,300 killed in Ukraine since ceasefire
Women with a stroller walk past damaged buildings in the city of Kommunar near Donetsk on December 13, 2014. Russia responded angrily on December 13 to news that US senators had passed a bill calling for fresh sanctions against Moscow and the supply of lethal military aid to Ukraine.