DHAKA: More than 330 people have been killed in Ukraine since a fragile truce began a month ago, with five million people affected by continuing violence.

The United Nations said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.

A report from the UN rights agency also found that before the September 5 ceasefire, pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine had seen their numbers significantly bolstered by an influx of foreign fighters, including apparently Russian citizens.

‘While the ceasefire is a very welcome step towards ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine, I call on all parties to genuinely respect and uphold it, and to halt the attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure once and for all,’ UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement.

His office said 331 deaths were recorded between September 6 and Monday, although it stressed that some of those deaths may have occurred before the peace pact was signed in Minsk on September 5 but were not logged until afterwards.

BDST: 1829 HRS, OCT 08, 2014