Destruction in Kyiv after the attack (archive). Ukraine: attacks in recent days have left more than a hundred thousand people without electricity Peace and Security
Ongoing attacks across Ukraine over the past five days have resulted in numerous civilian casualties and severe damage to energy infrastructure. This was reported on Tuesday from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
According to local authorities, the greatest damage was caused in the Kharkov, Donetsk, Dnieper, Kherson and Chernigov regions. At least 12 civilians were killed and more than 100 were injured.
In the Chernihiv and Kyiv regions, several overnight attacks on energy infrastructure led to large-scale power outages and water supply interruptions that affected more than 150 thousand people. As the weather gets colder, such incidents raise concerns about heating and other vital services in affected areas, OCHA said. response.
Meanwhile, the UN continues to support Ukrainian specialists working on the front lines of humanitarian assistance. Last year, nearly two-thirds of the more than $160 million allocated through OCHA’s Ukraine Humanitarian Fund went to local organizations.