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Paris, 11 March 2024 – A study released by UNESCO estimates the cost of restoring Ukraine’s public scientific infrastructure at more than $ 1.26 billion. It reveals that 1,443 buildings and laboratories, as well as 750 pieces of scientific equipment, have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war in February 2022. Ukraine’s scientific community has experienced significant setbacks and a drop in scientific funding.

The Vice-Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov, and the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, jointly chaired today the second meeting of the Steering Committee for Community Planning, Durable Solutions and Recovery of Ukraine. The Committee is a platform to strengthen coordination and complementarity between humanitarian and recovery efforts in Ukraine. It will ensure that communities devastated by Russia’s invasion have the right support to get back on their feet. 

HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS A STRIKE ON A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING IN KRYVYI RIH, DNIPRO REGION, CAUSING DOZENS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

Two years after the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilian suffering is mounting as a result of Russia’s disregard for basic principles of humanitarian law and its human rights obligations, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in its report published on Friday.

HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE DENISE BROWN CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN ODESA THAT KILLED OR INJURED SCORES OF CIVILIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS