Miroslav Jenča, deputy secretary general for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, spoke a day after the last wave of Russian air strikes across the country, with at least 23 people killed in the capital, kyiv.
“The number of deaths and the devastation of the dead caused by the intensification of the fighting during the summer, Contrary to significant efforts in recent months To give diplomacy a chance, “he said.
Young lives lost
According to Ukrainian officials, Russia launched 598 drones and 31 missiles across Ukraine during the night between August 27 to 28.
Four children aged two to 17 were one of those killed in kyiv and 64 people were injured. Several buildings have been damaged in 33 locations in the 10 districts of the city.
“Most of the deaths took place in the Darnytskyi district in kyiv, where a missile has struck a five-story residential building, the demolishing of the first on the fifth floor,” he said.
Civil victims were also reported in five other regions – Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Kherson – and a train depot in the Vinnytsia region would have been struck.
Dangerous climbing
Mr. Jenča said these strikes ” are only the last of the brutal climbing of air attacks across the country. “”
The Russian Invasion on a large scale of Ukraine began in February 2022. In July, the United Nations Human Rights Office, Ohchrrecorded growing civilian victims in 18 regions and the capital.
Last month “set A new tragic record for monthly victims», With 286 killed and 1,388 injured – the greatest number since May 2022, said the senior United Nations.
The impact of the conflict was also felt by civilians in Russia. Local authorities have made victims there, especially in the border regions of Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk.
Russian officials also pointed out that a fire had broken out after a Ukrainian drone had been shot down near the Kursk nuclear power plant.
Although the UN is unable to check these reports, The growing impact of conflict on civilians in Russia is worryingHe said, reiterating the condemnation of attacks on civilians and civil infrastructure.
Winter support
“We are also concerned about the impact of widening and climbing fighting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine when we enter the fourth winter of the war on a large scale,” he continued.
He underlined the total commitment of the UN to support civilians, adding that preparations for targeted winter support are underway for 1.7 million people, although more funding for donors are urgent.
Diplomatic efforts have been welcome
On the diplomatic level, he said that the secretary general had welcomed the recent efforts by the American president. This includes separate meetings this month between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Alaska, and another between the Presidents of the United States and Ukraine and European leaders in Washington.
The UN also hosted previous cycles of direct talks between senior Ukrainian and Russian officials held in Istanbul between May and July, and congratulated the exchanges of prisoners who continued to take place accordingly.
Call for de -escalation
“However, as large -scale attacks against civilians persist and civilian victims increase,” The current diplomatic impetus risks vanishing quickly if the accent placed on the need to end violence and to engage in real talks of peace is not maintained“He said.
“We therefore urge all the people concerned with urgently defuse the situation and to redouble the efforts to create conditions for inclusive diplomatic efforts towards a cessation of hostilities and a fair peace.”
Mr. Jenča concluded his remarks by renewing the secretary general’s call for a complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
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