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UN briefing flags rising civilian toll, infrastructure damage and urgent funding shortfall in Ukraine
Summary
An unidentified speaker at a United Nations briefing warned of mounting civilian casualties, waves of attacks on energy and transport infrastructure, and significant humanitarian funding gaps, and urged unimpeded access and full funding ahead of a Ukraine recovery conference in Berlin.
An unidentified speaker at a United Nations briefing on the situation in Ukraine warned that civilian casualties and damage to essential infrastructure have continued to escalate, citing UN human-rights and development agency figures and urging full funding of the 2024 humanitarian response plan.
The speaker said "the civilian toll of attacks on Ukraine has continued to mount," singling out an escalation in fighting in the Kharkiv region since May 10 and citing OHCHR data that "at least 174 civilians were killed, 90 were injured in May," the highest monthly civilian casualty figure since June 2023. The speaker also said OHCHR has "now verified the killing of at least 11,000 civilians and the injury of more than 21,000 others across Ukraine since 24/02/2022," and added that "the actual toll is likely much higher."
The briefing highlighted large-scale displacement and humanitarian operations in frontline areas. According to the speaker, International Organization for Migration estimates more than 18,100 people were newly displaced in the Kharkiv region; the speaker said about 12,000 people are receiving assistance at a transit…
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