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• May 2025, at least 183 civilians were killed and 836 injured, continuing a trend of high civilian casualties this year. The number of civilians killed in May is the second highest in 2025, following April.• Long-range strikes continued at a high rate in May, causing the largest proportion of civilian casualties throughout Ukraine, while shortrange drones remained the leading cause in frontline areas. The vast majority of civilian casualties (97 per cent) occurred in areas under the control of the Government of Ukraine.• In May, civilian casualties were recorded across 17 regions of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv, including areas located far from the frontline.• 28 per cent of the civilian casualties were the result of missile strikes and loitering munitions. The same high proportion of casualties was caused by short-range drone attacks. Artillery shelling and MLRS strikes accounted for 21 per cent, and aerial bombardments for 18 per cent of the casualties.• In May, Russian armed forces conducted at least five attacks on port infrastructure in Odesa region, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure.





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The initiative will support Moldova and Ukraine to address pressing challenges in the basin, including climate change impacts, ecosystem degradation and water pollution. It will focus on advancing the joint management of shared water resources in line with the principles of the UN Water Convention and the European Union Water Framework Directive. High-level representatives of Moldova and Ukraine, namely Mr. Gherghe Hajder, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment of Moldova and Mr. Serhiy Vlasenko, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, emphasized the importance of the Strategic Framework for Climate Change Adaptation in the Dniester Basin and the need to update it based on the results of expert group’s research. Both countries requested UNECE to lead this process followed by implementation of selected adaptation measures as well as provide support to the development of the Dniester Commission and prevention of accidental water pollution from tailing storage facilities within the current project. Mr. Marco Keiner, Director of UNECE's Environment Division, reaffirmed UNECE’s commitment to support the governments in these areas. The project builds on over two decades of UNECE-facilitated cooperation in the Dniester Basin in partnership with other organizations, including OSCE, UNDP and UNEP focused on the negotiation of the 2012 Dniester Treaty and the development of the SAP.
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Where we work: The UN’s programmatic interventions
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