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Briefing from Ukrainian capital Kyiv after another night of \u201cair sirens and more loud explosions\u201d, Mr. Schmale noted that the crisis began in 2014, with Russia\u2019s illegal annexation of Crimea. \u201cSo, all children that were born since – all children up to the age of 11 – have never experienced their country at peace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 2024 saw a 30 per cent increase in civilian casualties compared to 2023. \u201cThe humanitarian situation is worsening, especially in frontline areas,\u201d it said in an update, highlighting that a full 36 per cent of Ukraine\u2019s population – 12.7 million people – needs humanitarian aid this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are very strong pushes by the armed forces of the Russian Federation along the front line and evacuations are ongoing,\u201d Mr. Schmale explained. \u201cWe are supporting people with essential goods, including cash assistance, as they are on the move to transit centres, collective sites and wherever they end up being.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking from Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine, Toby Fricker from the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) said that more than 2,520 children have been killed or injured since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe real number is likely far higher and it\u2019s getting worse\u201d, said Mr. Fricker, chief of communication in Ukraine. \u201cThere was a more than 50 per cent increase in child casualties in 2024 compared to 2023 and what we see is no place is safe: schools, maternity wards, children\u2019s hospitals, all have been affected by attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Behind battle lines<\/h2>\n
Underscoring the essential role played by women in Ukraine \u201cbeyond the battlefield\u201d, UN Women Geneva Director Sofia Calltorp explained that \u201cthere is another story unfolding,\u00a0and that is the story of all those women and girls who are bearing the brunt of this war.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2024, the number of people killed and injured in Ukraine increased by 30 per cent, Ms. Calltorp noted. \u201cOf them, 800 women lost their lives and more than 3,700 women were injured last year in Ukraine. We also know that the vast majority of Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons are women, and 6.7 million women are in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Funding crisis<\/h2>\n
Responding to questions about the impact of the US funding freeze on humanitarian work, Ukraine Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Schmale expressed \u201chope that US funding will become part of the equation. Last year, it made up 30 per cent of what we spent on the humanitarian side, 10 per cent on the development side.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UN\u2019s top aid official in Ukraine added: \u201cWe are of course worried about the funding freezes; as we all know, it’s not the end of the day yet, there are a lot of discussions going on. We have some of our partners, including within the UN, that have received some exemptions from the general freeze of funding, but so far, no money has been flowing as a result of those exemptions.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to repeated attacks on energy infrastructure across Ukraine, other public facilities have also been targeted, with 780 health\u00a0centres and more than 1,600 schools damaged or destroyed, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Odessa this week we saw a health clinic providing care for 40,000 children and a kindergarten serving 250 of the youngest children were severely damaged in an attack,\u201d said Dr Jarno Harbicht, WHO Country Representative for Ukraine. \u201cWhen a children’s hospital is hit, a school shelled or electric grid destroyed, children suffer even when they survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haunted by drones<\/h2>\n
The mental stress faced by millions of Ukrainians because of the war is real and debilitating, the WHO official continued: \u201cImagine a young mother in Kharkiv region in Ukraine, her days interrupted by air raid sirens and her nights haunted by drones. Each day is a struggle balancing her children\u2019s safety with their anxiety that has become her constant companion.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) has confirmed the killing of more than 12,654 civilian men, women, girls, and boys since the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, with nearly 30,000 injured. Eighty-four per cent of the casualties happened in territory controlled by the Ukrainian government and 16 per cent in territory occupied by Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years of full-scale conflict in Ukraine have wrought persistent and escalating human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law,\u201d said Danielle Bell, Chief of HRMMU. \u201cAs the civilian toll grows heavier, the human rights of all those affected must remain at the forefront of \u00a0any negotiations for sustainable peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rising toll<\/h2>\n
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission (HRMMU) has confirmed the killing of more than 12,654 civilian men, women, girls, and boys since the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, with nearly 30,000 injured. Eighty-four per cent of the casualties happened in territory controlled by the Ukrainian government and 16 per cent in territory occupied by Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree years of full-scale conflict in Ukraine have wrought persistent and escalating human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law,\u201d said Danielle Bell, Chief of HRMMU. \u201cAs the civilian toll grows heavier, the human rights of all those affected must remain at the forefront of \u00a0any negotiations for sustainable peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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