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STORY: UNHCR / UKRAINE SALIH VISIT
TRT: 05:26
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 - 19 FEBRUARY 2026, KYIV / ZAPORIZHZHIA / KHARKIV, UKRAINE
19 FEBRUARY 2026, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
1. Various shots, High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih and UNHCR delegation meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukraine officials
2. Various shots, Salih and UNHCR delegation entering underground school
3. Various shots, Salih and UNHCR delegation, local organizations and government visit underground school
4. Various shots, students in class while officials visit
17 FEBRUARY 2026, KYIV, UKRAINE
5. Various shots, destroyed residential buildings
6. Wide shot, snowy street
18 FEBRUARY 2026, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
7. Various shots, Salih and UNHCR delegation during briefing
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Barham Salih, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations:
"The destruction is immense. Homes reduced to rubble. Civilian infrastructure like schools and hospitals being regularly hit. Power plants and heating stations targeted, leaving millions without electricity and heating in what is the harshest winter for Ukrainians in a long, long time. I've come to Ukraine this winter to show solidarity with the people in this dark hour and see for myself how UNHCR contributes to the efforts led by the government of Ukraine. How we support those most impacted and most in need - the millions displaced, people remaining in frontline regions and people whose homes have been damaged in airstrikes."
16 FEBRUARY 2026, KYIV, UKRAINE
17. Various shots, Salih meeting older couple who survived recent attack
18 FEBRUARY 2026, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
18. Various shots, centre where people register for assistance
As Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in Ukraine have left millions without electricity and heating in freezing temperatures and escalating hostilities along the front line continue to force people to flee their homes, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, urged stronger international solidarity and support for Ukrainians.
Salih travelled to Ukraine as the full-scale Russian invasion is entering its fifth year with intensified attacks during the harshest winter of war so far.
Over several days in Kyiv and frontline cities – Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv – UNHCR's Chief met families whose homes had been damaged by glide bombs and missiles, people recently evacuated from frontline communities, and others trying to recover and repair their damaged homes.
He observed UNHCR’s emergency assistance after strikes, legal aid for those who lost documents to ensure their access to rights and services, and work to repair war-damaged houses to allow people to remain in their homes or return.
The High Commissioner met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, national, regional, and local authorities, UNHCR’s strong network of Ukrainian NGO partners, other UN agencies as well as the diplomatic community. He reconfirmed UNHCR’s commitment to deliver life-saving emergency support as well as contribute to the recovery work and pursue long-term solutions for the nearly 3.7 million displaced within the country.
Since the first days of the full-scale war, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, scaled up its presence and response inside Ukraine and countries generously hosting close to 5.9 million refugees.
