Security Council briefed on severe civilian toll, infrastructure damage and urgent funding shortfall in Ukraine

A United Nations briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine said the country is enduring some of the worst attacks since the war began, with daily strikes killing and injuring civilians and damaging critical infrastructure across multiple regions. The briefing noted that no part of Ukraine has been spared and that frontline and border communities continue to experience heavy hostilities.

The presenter reported that more than 10,810 civilians have been killed and more than 20,550 injured since 24 February 2022, and that about 10,000,000 people have lost their homes and been forced to flee since the escalation of the war. The briefing identified Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Sumy among the regions driving new waves of displacement and said women and children remain disproportionately affected and face additional barriers to essential services and protection risks, including gender‑based violence.

Attacks have disrupted basic services such as electricity, water and gas for hundreds of thousands of…