UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned these attacks, which also damaged homes and essential civilian infrastructure, including health and educational facilities.
“Today’s appalling attack – one of the deadliest against civilians since Russia’s full-scale invasion almost four years ago – once again underlines the urgency of a complete, immediate and unconditional ceasefire in this country, as a first step towards a just, comprehensive and lasting peace,” said its spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric. said journalists in New York.
The United Nations humanitarian officer in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, published a declaration expressing his condemnation.
“From Kharkiv in the east to Ternopil and the Ivano-Frankivsk region in the west, families lost loved ones, were injured and had their homes destroyed,” he said.
At least a dozen children were among the injured and “their suffering is unacceptable,” he added.
The head of political affairs “dismayed”
UN human rights investigators visit affected sites to document damage, says a message on the social media platform
UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo, who is currently in Ukraine, said she was “appalled” by the nighttime assault.
“Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law. They are unacceptable and must stop immediately,” she said. tweeted.
Damage and disruption
The barrage of drones and missiles also damaged energy infrastructure, causing emergency power outages and worsening the effects of previous attacks.
Mr Schmale warned that the disruptions put millions of people “in grave danger” as temperatures fall below freezing in some parts of the country.
“This incessant damage to civilians and the destruction of essential civilian infrastructure is unacceptable,” he said, recalling that “international humanitarian law clearly prohibits attacks against civilians and civilian objects vital to their survival.”
He stressed that all measures should be taken to protect civilians and “they should never be a target”.
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