Meeting of the Security Council. Photo from the archive The Deputy Union of the UN About the situation around Ukraine: “Instead of steps to the world, we see an escalation” Peace and safety instead of steps to the world, the international community witnessed a sharp strengthening of large -scale Russian attacks throughout Ukraine. About this at a meeting of the Security Council dedicated to the latest development of events in Ukraine, said Deputy Secretary General of the UN for political issues of Rosemary Dicarlo. “When I last informed the owls exactly a month ago, there was a cautious hope for progress on the diplomatic front, which would stop the fighting,” said Rosemary Dicarlo. – Unfortunately, instead of steps to the world, we see a sharp strengthening of large -scale Russian attacks across the country. The escalation occurred after a relative decrease in the intensity of military operations, including a one-sided 72-hour truce declared by the Russian Federation from 8 to 11 May. “~ 60 > Escalation instead of the expected reduction in combat intensity of combat actions & nbsp; Last weekend, the Russian Armed Forces continued by the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, three nights in a row attacked Ukrainian cities and villages with a record number of long -range missiles and drones, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. Most of the victims were recorded in Kyiv, Kharkov, Odessa and Nikolaev, as well as in other densely populated areas. On Monday, May 26, at least six people were killed and 24 were injured throughout the country, including in the Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Odessa and Nikolaev regions. ~ 60 > 60 > according to Ukrainian officials, which were brought in his speech by Dikarlo, made on Monday Air Air Air References. The participation of 355 drones became the largest attack of drones on Ukraine since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia. On Sunday, May 25, 12 people, including three children, were killed and more than 60 were injured as a result of missile strikes and drones in Kyiv and other settlements in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnitskaya, Ternopol, Dnipropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Odessa, Kharkov, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy and Poltava regions. It is reported that more than 80 residential buildings were damaged. On Saturday, May 24, at least 15 people, including two minors, were injured as a result of a Russian blow to Kyiv. In addition, according to reports, at least 13 people were killed in Donetsk, Kherson, Odessa and Kharkov regions. The Dnieper and Zaporizhzhya regions also fell under the blow. ~ 60 > just a few hours after the meeting of the delegations of Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, on May 17, as a result of a Russian drone on a civilian bus in the Sumy region, nine people were killed and seven more were injured. Among the killed were three members of the same family – the mother, father and their daughter. total number of victims among the civilians 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 >In total, from the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russia, according to Dikall, at least 13,279 civilians have died, including 707 children. The number of wounded among the civilian population was confirmed – 32,449 people, including 2,068 children. ~ 60 > “General Security situation in 2025 is much worse than the same period last year,” the UN Deputy Secretary General emphasized. – the number of victims among the civilian population in the first quarter of this year is 59 percent higher than for the same period of 2024. victims from the Russian side of the border 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62The Russian regions bordering Ukraine over the past month have also repeatedly reported on victims among the civilian population, continued Dikallo. According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a result of Ukrainian strikes, nine civilians were killed from May 19 to 25, 117 were injured. From May 12 to May 18, as a result of Ukrainian attacks on the border regions of Russia, 17 Russian civilians were killed and more than 100 were injured, as a result of which the total number of those killed over May amounted to 59 people, including five children. More than 400 people were injured, including 21 children. 60 > “United Nations is not able to check these messages,” said the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, “however, if these figures are confirmed, they will serve as a bright reminder of the growing number of victims among the civilian population as a result of a full -scale invasion of Russia – the most peeledly in Ukraine, in the most outbreak of Ukraine But also more and more often in the Russian Federation. ”~ 60 > diplomatic efforts ~ 60 > 62 ~ last dangerous escalation followed some important diplomatic events, said Rosemary Dicarlo: May 16, Ukrainian and Russian delegations were met in Stambulu in Stambula for the first in three years of direct negotiations. ~ 60 > “We welcome these negotiations and highly appreciate the important role of Turkey and the United States in the promotion of the dialogue,” said the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, “although negotiations did not lead to such a complete and unconditional discontinuation of fire, to which The general secretary called for, encourages that the parties are reported, agreed to continue this process. We also welcome the important result of these negotiations – the recently completed phased exchange of prisoners of war – a thousand on each side. We hope that all the remaining prisoners of war and civil detainees will soon return home. “& Amp; nbsp;