A residential building damaged as a result of hostilities in Khakov. (Archive) UN coordinator for Ukraine: attacks on energy infrastructure must stop Peace and Security
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Matthias Schmale strongly condemned another wave of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilians.
Over the night, at least one person was reportedly killed, dozens were injured, and hundreds of thousands were left without electricity, heating or water in harsh winter weather.
In Kharkov, a dormitory housing displaced people fleeing fighting on the front line came under fire. The hospital building and residential buildings were also damaged.
In Kyiv, thousands of apartment buildings, which were gradually connected to basic utilities after the attacks on January 9 and 20, were again left without power in sub-zero temperatures. The entire city of Chernihiv and hundreds of thousands of families in the Chernihiv region were left without electricity.
Repair crews and aid workers continue to work in freezing temperatures to provide aid to victims.
“This systematic cycle of attacks on energy infrastructure violates international humanitarian law and must stop,” the statement from named after the Humanitarian Coordinator.
He stressed that civilians should live in their homes safe and warm, and not in fear of the next round of destruction.