Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 17th May. UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Thursday condemned air strikes in Kherson city which injured dozens of civilians, including two children, and damaged homes and an education facility.
“The safety of civilians, homes, schools and hospitals must be ensured. They are not a target,” Denise Brown said in a statement.
She underscored that international humanitarian law must be respected.
Ms. Brown said these latest attacks came a day after she returned from the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, which has come under relentless shelling in recent days.
“I saw the appalling consequences of the intensified attacks by the Russian Federation’s Armed Forces on thousands of people who had to flee for their lives, leaving everything they own behind,” she said.
“Many are older people who fear they will never be able to go back.”
She also commended the humanitarians who are “working tirelessly to support people amid this human tragedy”.
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