To handle Dong Nhan Quyen AssociationMs. Bachelet said that since Russia began its offensive on February 24, at least 1,335 civilians have been confirmed injured or killed – 474 killed and 861 wounded.
Heavy Weapons
The real number could be much higherdue to the weapons used throughout Ukraine by Russian forces, the Office of the High Commissioner said, OHCHR.
“The majority of civilian casualties were caused by air strikes and explosives used by Russian forces with wide-area effects, including heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers,” speak Liz Throssell, spokesperson for OHCHR. “As a result, hundreds of residential buildings in many cities, including Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mariupol and Kyiv were damaged and destroyed.”
Against the backdrop of continued shelling and the use of multiple rocket launchers on Ukrainian cities, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHAreiterates the urgent need to establish a working system to ensure safe passage for the evacuation of civilians and relief workers.
“You need to have clarity on the route. It needs to be a safe route. You need to have time for the motions,” Jens Laerke, a spokesman for OCHA, said at a scheduled briefing in Geneva.
“You need to have the contact numbers of the people who run the convoys. You need to know the purpose of each movement. And you need to have a hotline in case it doesn’t work.”
Mr. Laerke continued UN-led efforts with both sides to help facilitate the safe passage of civilians and supplies.
“OCHA now has a team working since yesterday in Moscow, to liaise with the authorities there, including the Minister of Defense, to move the disinformation system forward. They met for the first time yesterday and they will see each other again today.”
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On March 5, 2022 in western Ukraine, children and families set off for the border to Poland.
Millions of people are more vulnerable
Nearly two weeks after the Russian invasion, the situation for millions of civilians in Ukraine continues to worsen.
“This situation is really doomsday for the people, it is getting worse, they are running out of essential suppliesEwan Watson, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross said (ICRC). “And so our appeal today is really to get lifesaving aid to these people.”
He added: “We have exhausted our reserves, as I said; it’s the reason people are running out of supplies they have. So when you ask is this a matter of life or death, or is it lifesaving? Yes. for us, it is essential that humanitarian aid enter a city like Mariupoland to other cities in conflict in present-day Ukraine. “
Targeted medical facilities
Tarik Jasarevic of the United Nations health agency, speaking from Lviv in western Ukraine, the situation also remains dire for all those in need of health care in the shelled areas.
Sixteen attacks on medical facilities have now been verified by the World Health Organization (WHO), which claimed the lives of 9 people and injured 16 – including several medical staff.
“These attacks are a violation of international humanitarian law,” said Mr Jasarevic, as he repeated his call to stop all such attacks.
“I spoke this morning with a doctor in Lviv who is in contact with her colleagues in the eastern part of the country, and they say that it is very difficult for patients to access medical facilities in areas of the world. this, not only for security, but also for damaged infrastructure”.
The latest data from the United Nations migration agency (IOM) shows that the number of people fleeing violence across Ukraine’s borders has not decreased.
“More than two million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries as a result of the war going on in that country,” said Paul Dillon. IOM spokesman. “Among them are 103,000 third-country nationals from dozens of countries.”
