UN Security Council. Photo from the archive Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine in connection with the shelling of Kyiv and other cities of the country Peace and Security
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya briefed Security Council members on the consequences of yesterday’s series of Russian missile attacks on cities in Ukraine. The emergency meeting is being held at the initiative of France and Ecuador.
Msuya noted that attacks on Ukraine have become more frequent in recent months. “I was especially shocked by yesterday’s deadly missile attacks on Kyiv, Krivoy Rog, Pokrovsk, Dnieper and other cities,” she said.
In Kyiv, the intensive care, surgical and oncology departments of the largest children’s hospital in Ukraine, Okhmatdyt, were seriously damaged. The toxicology department, where children receive dialysis, was completely destroyed.
She provided updated data on the consequences of the rocket hitting the hospital building: 27 civilians, including four children, were killed and 117 people, including seven children, were injured.
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