Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’
Peace and Security
Escalating violence and human rights violations in the four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war are in the spotlight in the Security Council on Friday following a spate of Russian attacks against civilian targets and infrastructure in recent days.
What you need to know
- More than 100 civilians were killed and at least 429 others injured across Ukraine this week
- UN human rights chief Volker Türk described the scale and manner of the attacks as “reprehensible”
- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today it received reports of drone incidents earlier this week at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
- Russia’s long-range strikes on electricity substations and power plants have left many parts of Ukraine without power
- 15,280 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of this year, according to the latest data