Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine - Security Council, 10124th meeting

Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.

Ukraine Conflict ‘Worse Than Ever’, Political Affairs Chief Tells Security Council, as Speakers Call for Accountability, End to ‘Immense’ Suffering

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:07:53
• Production Date: 23 March 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ANDRIY MELNYK; ROSEMARY A. DICARLO; THOMAS FLETCHER; STAVROS LAMBRINIDIS; KRZYSZTOF SZCZERSKI
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: UKRAINE SITUATION; WAR; ARMED CONFLICTS; CIVILIANS; SECURITY COUNCIL; UNITED NATIONS ROLE; UN CHARTER; DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY; CONFLICT SITUATION; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL CLAIMS; DEATH; PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; BALLISTIC MISSILES; AERIAL BOMBINGS
• Geographic Subject: EUROPE; UKRAINE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• MAMS Id: 3547099
• Parent Id: 3547099
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10124 UKRAINE 23 MAR 2026

Description

Far from abating, fighting in Ukraine is “worse than ever”, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council today, as delegates considered the increasingly bloody and protracted war against the backdrop of a new Middle East conflict vying for their attention.

“It is over four years since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” Ms. DiCarlo recalled:  “Nearly 1,500 days of death, destruction and despair.”

Since the start of the conflict in February 2022, she said, the UN has verified that over 15,000 civilians in Ukraine have been killed and more than 42,000 injured.  In February alone, at least 188 civilians were killed and 757 injured — a 45 per cent increase over the same period in 2025.

Recently, deadly strikes were reported from Zaporizhzhia to Odesa, she said, as well as on railway infrastructure and passenger trains.  Ukraine estimates that 60 per cent of its gas production capacity has been destroyed and all of its power stations damaged.

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