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Top UN relief official in Ukraine deplores deadly strikes in Kharkiv
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine has strongly condemned the latest deadly Russian missile strikes in Kharkiv.
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INTERVIEW: Mayor of Kharkiv stresses need to protect residents amid constant shelling
The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is being subjected to heavy missile strikes from Russia, resulting in new victims and destruction every day.
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Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre ‘utterly unacceptable’, says senior UN official
An attack by Russian armed forces on a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv on Saturday reportedly killed at least four people and injured around 40. Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, strongly condemned the strike and called for civilians to be protected.
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Civilians in Ukraine describe continued Russian attacks in northeastern regions
Civilians in the northeast of Ukraine are experiencing escalated hostilities as Russian armed forces have taken control of several villages, according to testimonies received by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).
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News in Brief 24 May 2024
- World court orders Israel to halt Rafah operation immediately
- COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy: WHO
- Ukraine: Kharkiv city still under attack, sparking further displacement, says OHCHR
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News in Brief 23 May 2024
- ‘Appalling’ Russian attacks on Kharkiv region must end says top UN humanitarian in Ukraine
- International action ‘crucial’ to save thousands of Rohingya lives in Myanmar
- UN rights experts welcome maritime tribunal ruling obliging countries to cut CO2 pollution
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Ukraine: Accepting ‘new reality’ a challenge for Kharkiv evacuees
UN agencies and their partners are providing support to thousands of people from the Kharkiv region in Ukraine who have been evacuated from frontline areas where intensive Russian air strikes continue.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said vulnerable boys and girls are among those arriving at a humanitarian hub in the main city, Kharkiv.
They include children with disabilities and those who had been living with foster families and will now need to be placed in new homes.
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UNICEF addressing child trauma and displacement in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Fresh fighting along the frontline in Ukraine has again driven thousands of civilians from their homes and villages near the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv, close to the Russian border.
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Ukraine: Evacuees brought to safety as Russian strikes intensify
Fresh air strikes continue in Ukraine, where around 16,000 have been forced to evacuate from villages in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia, since 10 May, according to the UN aid coordination office (OCHA).
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‘Alarming lack of compliance’ with international law ramps up danger for civilians
The plight of civilians affected by war in 2023 was “resoundingly dire”, as the world witnessed horrors not only in Gaza and southern Israel but also the intense suffering of populations in other crisis hotspots around the globe, senior UN officials said on Tuesday.