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U.N. updates on Ukraine convoys, Cuba energy crisis, Venezuela water emergency and logistics strains

United Nations Press Briefing · May 1, 2026
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Summary

The U.N. reported six aid convoys reached some 4,000 people in frontline areas of Ukraine; Cuba faces a worsening energy crisis that postponed tens of thousands of surgeries while the U.N. appeals for $94 million to reach 2 million people; CERF funded relief in Venezuela after a water system collapse and UNHCR adapted supply routes amid freight disruptions.

At the U.N. briefing, Farhan summarized multiple humanitarian responses underway worldwide. In Ukraine, the U.N. and partners ran six convoys to frontline areas in Dnipro, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson, reaching about 4,000 people with food, hygiene kits, dignity items, generators and first aid.

Farhan described a deepening energy crisis in Cuba that has disrupted health care, waste…

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