HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE MATTHIAS SCHMALE EXPRESSES SHOCK AT TODAY’S ATTACK IN KHARKIV CITY
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Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, 2 September 2024 — In Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, the “Place of Strength” Community Resilience Centre has been launched, thanks to the efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Ukraine, with generous funding from the European Union (EU).
Kyiv, 6 September 2024 - Attacks by Russian armed forces since 26 August have caused extensive civilian harm across Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said today. HRMMU has verified that attacks in government-controlled territory since then have killed 64 civilians, injured 392, and caused significant damage and destruction to civilian property and infrastructure.
At least 184 civilians were killed and 856 injured in Ukraine in August.
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in attacks on students, teachers, educational personnel and schools around the world —
Once a lively hub of activity, a school playground in Kharkiv now stands silent - a stark symbol of the impact of war.
Kyiv, 11 September 2024 - WHO, with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Germany, has donated 23 ambulances to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to enable the provision of emergency medical care to patients during the war. These ambulances will serve as mobile intensive care units, designed primarily for transporting critical patients to hospitals and between hospital facilities.