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The Secretary-General welcomed the exchange of 230 Ukrainian and 248 Russian prisoners of war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation - the largest such exchange since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / UKRAINE UPDATE
TRT: 2:21
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04 JANUARY 2024 NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE- NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

04 JANUARY 2024 NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General welcomes the exchange of 230 Ukrainian and 248 Russian prisoners of war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation - the largest such exchange since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He commends the efforts of both parties and the third-party facilitation by the United Arab Emirates that contributed to this positive development. The Secretary-General hopes that this important step will be followed by additional exchanges of prisoners of war, and by other de-escalation efforts.”
5. Wide shot, press briefing room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that attacks and hostilities have continued across the country over the past 24 hours. This morning, according to our humanitarian partners on the ground, most of the city of Kropyvnytskyi, in the centre of the country, was left temporarily without water and electricity after strikes. Attacks also damaged homes and schools, killing and injuring civilians in the Sumy Region in the north, in the Donetsk Region in the east, and in Kherson and the Mykolayiv Regions in the south. In total, since December 29th, at least ten health facilities and eight schools have been damaged in Ukraine, and this according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization.”
7. Wide shot, press briefing room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephanie Tremblay, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We, along with our humanitarian partners, are helping people impacted by these attacks. In Kharkiv, humanitarian organizations are working with volunteer groups and they covered more than 30 per cent of 1,500 windows that were damaged in the city over the past days, which is very important as they are in the middle of winter and it’s very cold. In the Sumy Region, humanitarian workers rapidly responded following an attack in the evening of January 1st, which damaged a two-story apartment building. They provided sheets of tarpaulin for the rapid repair of homes and psychological support to people impacted by the attack.”

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The Secretary-General welcomed the exchange of 230 Ukrainian and 248 Russian prisoners of war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation - the largest such exchange since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a UN Spokesperson said.

Speaking to reporters today (04 Jan) in New York, UN Associate Spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay said that the Secretary-General commended the efforts of both parties and the third-party facilitation by the United Arab Emirates that contributed to this positive development.

“The Secretary-General hopes that this important step will be followed by additional exchanges of prisoners of war, and by other de-escalation efforts,” Tremblay added.

On the humanitarian front in Ukraine, the Spokesperson said, “Our humanitarian colleagues are telling us that attacks and hostilities have continued across the country over the past 24 hours.”

“This morning, according to the UN humanitarian partners on the ground, most of the city of Kropyvnytskyi, in the centre of the country, was left temporarily without water and electricity after strikes. Attacks also damaged homes and schools, killing and injuring civilians in the Sumy Region in the north, in the Donetsk Region in the east, and in Kherson and the Mykolayiv Regions in the south,” Tremblay added.

According to UNICEF and the World Health Organization, in total, since December 29th, at least ten health facilities and eight schools have been damaged in Ukraine.

The Spokesperson highlighted, “We, along with our humanitarian partners, are helping people impacted by these attacks.”

According to the UN, In Kharkiv, humanitarian organizations are working with volunteer groups and they covered more than 30 per cent of 1,500 windows that were damaged in the city over the past days, which is very important as they are in the middle of winter and it’s very cold.

In the Sumy Region, humanitarian workers rapidly responded following an attack in the evening of January 1st, which damaged a two-story apartment building. “They provided sheets of tarpaulin for the rapid repair of homes and psychological support to people impacted by the attack,” Tremblay added.

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