UN / UKRAINE UPDATE

A UN spokesperson said that a humanitarian hub run by a local NGO in Kherson City, Ukraine, was hit today, adding, “despite the challenges of operating in front-line areas, aid organizations continue to provide assistance.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:44
• Production Date: 1 February 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3169220
• Parent Id: 3169220
• Alternate Title: unifeed240201c

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STORY: UN / UKRAINE UPDATE
TRT: 01:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

01 FEBRUARY 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues add that a humanitarian hub run by a local NGO in Kherson City was hit today. Despite the challenges of operating in front-line areas, aid organizations continue to provide assistance. In recent days, we, along with our humanitarian partners, have provided emergency repair materials, as well as psychological and legal support in the Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions.”
4. Med shot, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian friends tell us that new attacks in the east have injured civilians and damaged civilian infrastructure. Yesterday, in Kharkiv City, a hospital was damaged in an attack, with several people injured and many evacuated. That’s what the national rescue service of Ukraine is telling us. A health facility also sustained damages in Toretsk Town, in the Donetsk region, as reported by the regional administration.”
6. Med shot, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In front-line areas, our humanitarian colleagues note that the continued hostilities in the Donetsk and Kherson regions of Ukraine are continuing to kill and injure civilians. Homes, education facilities, public transport, water, electricity and health facilities have also been damaged. That what local authorities are telling us.”
8. Wide shot, Dujarric walks away

Storyline

A UN spokesperson said that a humanitarian hub run by a local NGO in Kherson City, in Ukraine, was hit today (01 Feb), “despite the challenges of operating in front-line areas, aid organizations continue to provide assistance.”

Briefing journalists in New York, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said, “In recent days, we, along with our humanitarian partners, have provided emergency repair materials, as well as psychological and legal support in the Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions.”

He added, “Our humanitarian friends tell us that new attacks in the east have injured civilians and damaged civilian infrastructure. Yesterday, in Kharkiv City, a hospital was damaged in an attack, with several people injured and many evacuated. That’s what the national rescue service of Ukraine is telling us.”

Dujarric continued, “a health facility also sustained damages in Toretsk Town, in the Donetsk region, as reported by the regional administration.”

He also said, “In front-line areas, our humanitarian colleagues note that the continued hostilities in the Donetsk and Kherson regions of Ukraine are continuing to kill and injure civilians.”

The Spokesperson concluded, “homes, education facilities, public transport, water, electricity and health facilities have also been damaged. That what local authorities are telling us.”