Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks
Thu Oct 15 8:00 am
Ongoing and deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine are causing serious healthcare disruption, with more than $1.5 million-worth of medicines and supplies destroyed in four separate strikes on warehouses used by the UN there since July.
Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’
Fri Oct 09 8:00 am
Escalating violence and human rights violations in the four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war are in the spotlight in the Security Council on Friday following a spate of Russian attacks against civilian targets and infrastructure in recent days.
Ukraine: UN condemns latest attacks and calls for civilian protection
Wed Oct 07 8:00 am
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine on Wednesday called for an end to attacks against civilians following further overnight strikes by Russian forces that reportedly killed at least 19 in the Chernihiv Region.
‘No plague case’ in Siberia, Russia tells WHO as assessments continue
Wed Oct 07 8:00 am
Health authorities in Russia say there is “no plague case” in Siberia following reports last week that a lab technician had died of pneumonia of an unknown origin in the region, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Wednesday.
Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague death
Tue Oct 06 8:00 am
The death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely.
Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk
Fri Oct 02 8:00 am
The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an even greater disaster across the region, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday.
