Ukraine: Toll of the War on Civilians is 'Still Rising'- UN Humanitarian Briefing | United Nations

The toll of the war in Ukraine on civilians is “staggering – and still rising,” a top UN humanitarian official told the Security Council. Briefing the Security Council members, Edem Wosornu, Director of Crisis Response Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said “The toll of this war on civilians is staggering – and still rising. The statistics bear repeating. Since February of 2022, the UN has recorded nearly 16,000 civilians killed and more than 44,000 injured. The real numbers are almost certainly much higher.” She also reported that “a ballistic missile struck a UNHCR-contracted warehouse in Dnipro on the night of 19 to 20 May, killing two warehouse workers and destroying more than one million dollars worth of aid – including blankets and hygiene kits intended for evacuees and people sheltering in collective sites." She said, "This is the fifth hit on humanitarian workers and assets in just nine days. Excellencies, Mr. President, this must stop.”


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