UN / UKRAINE KUPIANSK ATTACK REAX

The Secretary-General “strongly condemns” today’s attack which reportedly killed at least 49 people and injured several others in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region of Ukraine, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:21
• Production Date: 5 October 2023
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3105990
• Parent Id: 3105990
• Alternate Title: unifeed231005e

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STORY: UN / UKRAINE KUPIANSK ATTACK REAX
TRT: 01:20
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE 05 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

05 OCTOBER 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack which reportedly killed at least 49 people and injured several others in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and they must stop immediately.”
4. Close up, journalist
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a prompt recovery to those injured.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Also, our Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, also issued a statement condemning the attack. In her statement, she called the images arriving from the site of the attack, absolutely horrifying. Our colleagues tell us that humanitarian workers in the country are mobilizing assistance to civilians harmed in the attack.”
8. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

Storyline

The Secretary-General “strongly condemns” today’s attack which reportedly killed at least 49 people and injured several others in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv region of Ukraine, a UN spokesperson said.

Briefing journalists today (05 Oct) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, “attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international humanitarian law and they must stop immediately.”

He also said that the Secretary-General “extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a prompt recovery to those injured.”

The Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, also issued a statement condemning the attack, Dujarric said.

The Spokesperson said that Brown called the images arriving from the site of the attack “absolutely horrifying”.

Dujarric concluded, “our colleagues tell us that humanitarian workers in the country are mobilizing assistance to civilians harmed in the attack.”