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
“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
Across Europe, more than 50 countries “are paying the ultimate price”, said WHO Regional Director Dr. Hans Kluge, only days since Earth recorded its warmest average temperature yet, at 17.16 degrees Celsius (62.89 Fahrenheit), and as exhausting summer heatwaves hit across the northern hemisphere. Dr. Kluge said that the three warmest years on record in … Read moreHeat claims more than 175,000 lives annually in Europe, latest data shows
Mr. Türk said these “relentless” attacks were deepening the humanitarian crisis in the country, tearing apart infrastructure, and creating a host of socioeconomic challenges. Between March and May, 436 civilians were killed and 1,760 injured, High Commissioner Türk said. “These high civilian casualties are largely the result of the ground offensive and aerial attacks, … Read moreUN rights chief calls for end to war on Ukraine following latest airstrikes
Denise Brown issued a statement deploring this “new wave of massive Russian attacks”, and appealed for the violence to end. “Grain storage facilities, vital for the Ukrainian farmers and global food security, have been hit in the Danube area,” she said. “A school in the Sumy region was damaged, and teachers were killed and injured.” International media … Read moreTop UN aid official in Ukraine deplores latest wave of ‘massive Russian attacks’
Volker Türk said the 19-year sentence was based on vague and overly broad charges of “extremism” and followed a closed trial on the premises of the prison where Mr. Navalny is already serving two other sentences amounting to 11 and a half years. He recalled that under international human rights law, States have an obligation … Read moreRussia: Latest Navalny sentence raises serious concerns, UN rights chief says
The Council meeting was convened following the missile strikes on Sunday which damaged the centuries-old Transfiguration Cathedral, the first and foremost Orthodox church in the historic city. Other landmarks in the city centre, a protected World Heritage Site, were also damaged in the attack, which killed one person and injured several others. Culture under fire … Read moreUkraine: ‘Latest attacks signal a calamitous turn’, Security Council hears