Top coordinator strongly condemns casualties in central Ukraine by Russia strikes

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 14th March. UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Wednesday has strongly condemned a Russian missile strike on a multi-storey apartment block in central Ukraine that left 3 dead and 40 injured on Tuesday.

Ms. Brown said “I am appalled to know that families were just getting together to have dinner and spend a quiet evening at home, only to see their homes damaged and their loved ones injured,” in a tweet.

According to the UN Office in Ukraine, the strike caused extensive damage to the residential building in Kryvyi Rih city, Dnipro Region, trapped people under the rubble, with children among the victims.

Ms. Brown said in a statement that the incident is part of a pattern of attacks not limited to frontline regions targeting civilian infrastructure and homes

She emphasized that international humanitarian law is unequivocal on the need to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure during conflict which has “exacted a devastating toll” on Ukraine.

Ms. Brown reiterated that civilians should never be subjected to the horrors of war and called for an immediate end to such attacks.

She noted that in its February 2024 update marked the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine stated that conflict-related violence “killed over 10,000 civilians and injured 20,000”, while actual numbers are likely to be “significantly higher”.

Media reports indicated that since late 2023, Ukraine has intensified strikes inside Russian territory, with armed drones targeting military airfields or oil refineries, including in Nizhny Novgorod, on Tuesday.