Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 9893rd meeting

In 'era of savage cuts’, UN Aid Chief urges Security Council to provide security, resources for saving as many survivors possible of Russian airstrikes in Ukraine.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:48:24
• Production Date: 8 April 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: THOMAS FLETCHER
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; CHILDREN; WOMEN; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; AERIAL BOMBINGS; FOOD SECURITY; ENERGY CRISIS; PEACE AGREEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3359378
• Parent Id: 3358628

Description

Russian Federation airstrikes in Ukraine continue to kill and maim civilians — including children at a playground last week — the United Nations top humanitarian official told the Security Council today. In what he called an “era of savage cuts”, he also appealed to Council members to provide at least the security and resources needed to save as many survivors of this war as possible. 

“A massive strike in the densely populated city of Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipro region last Friday resulted in multiple civilian casualties,” said Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator addressing the 15-member Council. 

According to local authorities, 18 civilians were killed — including nine children — and 75 others injured when a children’s playground and nearby residential area were struck. The Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in Ukraine, which verified many of the casualties, confirmed it was the single deadliest attack involving children since the start of the war in February 2022. 

• Briefer: Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator 
• Statements: All Council members 
• Statement: Ukraine 
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations 
• Statement: Czechia 
• Statement: Estonia (on behalf of: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) 
• Statement: Poland 

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