{"id":86780,"date":"2026-07-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/ukraine-un-condemns-overnight-attack-on-kyiv\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:00:00","slug":"ukraine-un-condemns-overnight-attack-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=86780","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: UN condemns overnight attack on Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, said the large-scale overnight attack on Sunday also damaged homes, shops and a metro station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It came a day after a deadly strike on the Odesa region that killed and wounded several people, including children, at an amusement park.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Devastating toll<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe increasing toll of these attacks on civilians across the country is devastating, including in urban centres far from the frontline,\u201d Mr. Schmale said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling that civilians and civilian infrastructure are protected under international law, he stressed that \u201ccivilians, their homes, and life-saving humanitarian assistance, must never be targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said aid workers provided meals, shelter materials and psychological and legal support to affected residents in the aftermath of the attack which \u201cdamaged homes and destroyed livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Women bearing the brunt<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>UN Women posted a tweet with a photo of several people standing amid the wreckage of an outdoor market in the Lukianivska district, one of the hardest-hit areas.<\/p>\n<p>Women sellers there \u201csurvived what Ukrainian authorities describe as one of the largest and most intense Russian attacks on Kyiv and the Kyiv region,\u201d the agency said, noting that \u201c41 missiles were launched within just 40 minutes overnight according to officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The market sellers had returned to work \u201cas soon as the air raid ended.\u201d Although \u201ctheir determination testifies to Ukrainian women\u2019s remarkable resilience\u201d, it also serves as \u201ca stark reminder that women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Between January and May of this year, civilian casualties among women and girls increased by an estimated 34 per cent compared with the same period in 2025, UN Women said, underscoring the war\u2019s devastating impact on women and the urgent need to end the violence and ensure gender-responsive humanitarian assistance and recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WHO warehouse damaged<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A warehouse used by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) in the Kyiv region was also damaged in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>While all staff were reported safe and no medical supplies were stored there, \u201cstill, it was key to WHO&#8217;s operations,\u201d the agency tweeted, adding that \u201csuch attacks make it harder to support health systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2026\/07\/1167975\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, said the large-scale overnight attack on Sunday also&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[506,1072,507,3247,455],"class_list":["post-86780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","tag-attack","tag-condemns","tag-kyiv","tag-overnight","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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