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STORY: GENEVA / UKRAINE UPDATE
TRT: 3:29
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 25 FEBRUARY 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
25 FEBRUARY 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
2. Wide shot, press room Palais des Nations
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We’ve received reports of at least 127 civilian casualties; this includes 25 killed and 102 injured in Ukraine, caused by shelling and airstrikes. And as I said, this is very likely to be an underestimate.”
4. Med shot, showing speakers and participants in profile, next to large-screen TV broadcasting the press briefing on Zoom
5. Med shot, journalists attending the meeting and speakers
6. SOUNDBITE (English)Afshan Khan, Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“When we look at shortages, we’re talking about fuel which has been well reported in the media, we’re talking about cash, because often in humanitarian situations, cash assistance would be our first support to families, so obviously there’s been a drawdown on banks.”
7. Wide shot, press conference participants, seated
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Jarno Habicht, Representative in Ukraine, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We don’t have reports yet from the hospitals when we look to particular injuries and the details of medical, but what is important and where our focus has been now is that the prepositioned medical kits, we will run out of them soon. So, what is important currently and our discussion with the authorities and all the partners is how to ensure new supplies to come and ensure that also there are humanitarian corridors from the neighbouring countries available.”
9. Close up, participants, seated, next to large-screen TV broadcasting the press briefing on Zoom
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Afshan Khan, Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“As we speak, there have been major attacks in Kiev that have created greater fear and panic among the population, with families really scared, moving alongside their children into subways and shelters, and this is clearly a terrifying moment for children across the country.”
11. Med shot, journalists seated and masked, writing on laptop computers
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“There are more than 100,000 who we estimate have lost their homes and are displaced inside country and we are also aware of several thousand who have crossed international borders in the region, and we’ve seen those really just happening since the onset of the situation.”
13. Wide shot, participants seated, TV camera equipment and teleprompter
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Shabia Mantoo, spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“We’re seeing these reports and we’ve seen for instance yesterday that there were about 5,000 refugee arrivals in Moldova already, but the other movements are being reported in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Russian Federation, and these are the cross-border movements that we are talking about.”
15. Close up, participants, seated, next to large-screen TV broadcasting the press briefing on Zoom
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Afshan Khan, Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“We are still trying to monitor what the situation is vis-à-vis civilian infrastructure. As you know, there has been hits of critical infrastructure in the east, particularly in Donbass for some years and they have been cut off, hence the UNICEF water trucking. In the current scenario we are still trying to see which civilian infrastructure has been hit, where.”
17. Wide shot, press conference participants, seated
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Reportedly more than 1,800 were arrested, because it’s impossible for us to know at this point to know to know exactly how many people there were. It is unclear whether they some of them have now been released. What we understand is that among those who were arrested were also some journalists, and they were arrested in over 50 cities across Russia.”
19. Close up, journalists’ hands typing on laptop computers
20. Close up, participant checking mobile phone.
21. Close up, participant in profile wearing UNICEF facemask, nodding, with speaker shown on TV screen to rear
22. Close up, participant wearing facemask
Amid reported deadly missile attacks linked to Russia’s so-called special military operation in Ukraine, including the capital Kiev and other cities, terrified families have been forced to seek shelter underground, the UN said on Friday, adding that at least 100,000 have been likely displaced by the violence.
“There have been major attacks in Kiev that have created greater fear and panic among the population, with families really scared, moving alongside their children into subways and shelters, and this is clearly a terrifying moment for children across the country,” said Afshan Khan, UNICEF’s Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, speaking in Geneva.
The development follows renewed condemnation for the Russian move by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who on Thursday appealed for peace and allocated 20 million USD from the Central Emergency Response Fund to meet urgent needs.
Two days since Russia launched military operations inside Ukraine, the UN rights office, OHCHR, confirmed that many civilians have already been killed.
“We’ve received reports of at least 127 civilian casualties; this includes 25 killed and 102 injured in Ukraine, caused by shelling and airstrikes…this is very likely to be an underestimate,” said Ravina Shamdasani, OHCHR spokesperson.
Communities are already in need of aid relief, too, UN humanitarians warned.
“When we look at shortages, we’re talking about fuel which has been well reported in the media, we’re talking about cash, because often in humanitarian situations, cash assistance would be our first support to families, so obviously there’s been a drawdown on banks,” said UNICEF’s Afshan Khan.
Echoing that message and in an appeal for guaranteed humanitarian access to the most vulnerable individuals, the World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted concerns that medical teams could be overwhelmed by the number of people injured.
“We don’t have reports yet from the hospitals when we look to particular injuries and the details of medical,” said Dr Jarno Habicht, WHO’s Representative in Ukraine. “But what is important and where our focus has been now, is that the prepositioned medical kits, we will run out of them soon; so, what is important currently and our discussion with the authorities and all the partners is how to ensure new supplies to come and ensure that also there are humanitarian corridors from the neighbouring countries available.”
UN agencies have been active in Ukraine for many years, in particular since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, a move in large part rejected by the international community. Immediate priorities include assessing what already vulnerable communities need in eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and other oblasts.
“We are still trying to monitor what the situation is vis-à-vis civilian infrastructure,” said UNICEF’s Afshan Khan. “As you know, there has been hits of critical infrastructure in the east, particularly in Donbass for some years and they have been cut off, hence the UNICEF water trucking (operations). In the current scenario we are still trying to see which civilian infrastructure has been hit (and) where.”
The expected forced mass displacement of families has also begun, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirmed.
“There are more than 100,000 who we estimate have lost their homes and are displaced inside country and we are also aware of several thousand who have crossed international borders in the region, and we’ve seen those really just happening since the onset of the situation,” said spokesperson Shabia Mantoo.
“We’re seeing these reports and we’ve seen for instance yesterday that there were about 5,000 refugee arrivals in Moldova already, but the other movements are being reported in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Russian Federation.”
While the UN rights office warned that Ukraine’s people were terrified of further escalation, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani underscored concerns inside Russia, over the alleged mistreatment of protesters.
“Reportedly more than 1,800 were arrested (in Russia), because it’s impossible at this point to know to know exactly how many people there were,” Shamdasani said. “It is unclear whether they some of them have now been released. What we understand is that among those who were arrested were also some journalists, and they were arrested in over 50 cities across Russia.”
