In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians – an increase of 30 per cent over the previous year. She noted that Russian bombardment had also damaged key infrastructure such as water, heating and transport services, with several major … Read moreUkraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks
Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) highlighted the unrelenting toll on civilians. “Daily attacks continue, inflicting death, injury and untold suffering on ordinary Ukrainians, and destruction and damage to civilian infrastructure,” she said, adding that for those near the frontlines, lives is even … Read moreUkraine: Humanitarian crisis worsens amid winter freeze, daily attacks
Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said massive missile and drone attacks on the power network this week have heightened serious concerns about the plight of civilians facing a winter of hardship and misery. Russia launched missile and long-range drone strikes on Thursday, which reportedly caused damage in at least 13 regions, in addition to the capital city, … Read moreUN rights office urges Russia to cease attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid as winter sets in
The alert from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine follows significant destruction to power plants and the worsening energy crisis that has affected access to electricity, clean water and heating, while also pushing up prices for consumers. The strikes on the national grid included one coordinated attack on 26 August which the Mission … Read moreRussian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country
The Security Council in New York is debating the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that targeted multiple cities across Ukraine in recent days. The acting UN Emergency Relief Coordinator just told ambassadors that the human suffering during Russia’s on-going invasion “continues at intolerable levels”. UN News app users can follow our live … Read moreUPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets on latest Ukraine attacks
John Marks, interim UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, issued a renewed appeal for schools to be protected as war rages on. “During the first week of the new academic year, educational facilities in areas including Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Kyiv, Lviv and Sumy were reportedly damaged in attacks,” he said. “Evacuations across areas closer to the frontline … Read moreUNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks
“Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen intensifying attacks affecting civilians and public infrastructure”, WHO Ukraine said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Since the weekend, parts of Ukraine including the eastern city of Kharkiv, the Sumy and Donetsk regions and Kyiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia areas, have suffered deadly strikes. … Read moreUkraine: Top official underscores need to protect civilians amid ‘massive’ attacks
“Our colleagues in Ukraine just told us that new attacks today struck Poltava in the centre of the country. Initial reports indicate a number of civilian casualties,” he told journalists attending his daily briefing at UN Headquarters, in New York. At least 50 people were killed, and more than 200 injured, when two Russian missiles … Read moreHumanitarians support civilians affected by recent attacks in Ukraine
“Like millions of people in Ukraine I spent hours in a shelter this morning because of the ongoing wave of attacks on Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces,” Matthias Schmale said in a statement issued on Monday. He added that civilians were reportedly killed and injured, while civilian infrastructure sustained heavy damage. Young lives disrupted … Read moreTop UN aid official deplores latest wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine
Two of the country’s main specialist hospitals for children and women were heavily damaged along with key energy infrastructure, reportedly killing dozens of civilians, including children, and injuring over 110. Joyce Msuya, acting UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, told ambassadors in the Security Council on Tuesday, that the UN human rights office (OHCHR) was verifying the … Read moreCasualties rise in Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks, Security Council hears