KIEV, March 2 – The United Nations said that during January and early February the security and human rights situation in eastern Ukraine dramatically deteriorated.

After a relative lull in December, the security and human rights situation in eastern Ukraine "dramatically deteriorated" in January and early February, reads the ninth report issued by the UN Human Rights Mission in Ukraine.

The report was presented by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein in Geneva on Monday.