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UN reports power outages and damaged infrastructure in Ukraine; humanitarian convoy reaches frontline community
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The UN said recent attacks in frontline areas of Ukraine damaged critical infrastructure, caused power and heating outages and disrupted gas supplies; an interagency convoy delivered aid to 800 residents in a frontline community in Kharkiv region.
The United Nations reported that recent hostilities in frontline areas of Ukraine killed civilians, injured scores including children, and damaged critical infrastructure, triggering emergency power cuts and gas supply disruptions.
The UN briefing said Ukraine’s state transmission company, Ukrenergo, interrupted services to protect the grid after strikes. In Poltava region, nine towns and villages experienced outages of heating and electricity. In Donetsk region, shelling damaged major electricity lines and left more than 70,000 people without power and heating for up to two days. In Kharkiv region, a glide‑bomb strike disrupted power supply and damaged several residential buildings and a health facility.
The UN facilitated an interagency humanitarian convoy — the eighth this year — to reach a frontline community in Kharkiv where mostly older people remain; the convoy delivered assistance to 800 residents. The briefing noted that last year the UN and partners organized 49 convoys, delivering aid to about 80,000 people in frontline communities.
The UN spokesperson framed the situation as a particular concern given cold winter conditions and said humanitarian partners continue to prioritize convoys and emergency relief to those who remain in frontline areas.
