Russia's overnight attack claims 5 lives across Ukrainian cities
Apr 29, 2023, at 07:22 am
Kyiv/IBNS: Russia launched attacks on cities spanning a wide arc across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, central and southern regions, resulting in the deaths of at least five individuals on Friday.
Unintended bombing: Russian warplane strikes own city by mistake
Apr 22, 2023, at 07:20 am
Moscow: A Sukhoi-34 fighter jet of Russia mistakenly dropped a bomb on the city of Belgorod, which is situated approximately 40km (25 miles) away from the Ukraine border.
40 killed as Russia attacks Ukraine, invites widespread condemnation
Feb 25, 2022, at 02:30 am
Kiev/UNI/IBNS: Air raid sirens wailed across Ukraine's capital Kiev Thursday as explosions boomed and flashed in cities across the country after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized military action against its western neighbour. Around 40 people are reported to have been killed so far.
Ukraine's Tymoshenko declares $5.5Mln as compensation from US for 'Political Repression'
May 04, 2020, at 07:14 pm
Kiev/Sputnik: - Ukraine's former Prime Minister and current leader of Fatherland party Yulia Tymoshenko received some 148 million hryvnia ($5.5 million) from the United States as a compensation for "political repression" she allegedly suffered back in 2011-2014, according to her income declaration published on the country's Unified State Register of Declarations.
'Multiplicity’ of rights violations in Ukraine as fifth winter of conflict bites
Dec 20, 2018, at 09:50 am
New York, Dec 20 (IBNS): Rights violations have continued unabated and unaddressed in Ukraine and people are still dying amid ongoing conflict between Government forces and armed separatists in the east of the country, a top UN rights official said on Wednesday
Oct 31, 2018, at 08:20 am
New York, Oct 31 (IBNS): After a lull in fighting in Ukraine over the summer, the last few weeks have seen a sharp rise in civilian deaths, more than half of which are due to landmines and explosive remnants of war, the United Nations top political official said on Tuesday.
UN chief welcomes exchange of prisoners and detainees in eastern Ukraine
Dec 30, 2017, at 05:00 am
New York, Dec 29(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the recent exchange of prisoners and detainees in eastern Ukraine and commended all those who helped bring about the exchange.
Ukraine: UN agencies stepping up aid to most vulnerable as temperatures plummet
Dec 20, 2017, at 05:07 am
New York, Dec 19(Just Earth News): As temperatures plummet across Ukraine, the United Nations refugee and migration agencies said Tuesday that they are stepping up assistance to the most vulnerable people affected by the conflict in the country’s east.
Dec 13, 2017, at 02:15 pm
New York, Dec 13(Just Earth News): An uptick in armed hostilities in Ukraine has resulted in more deaths and new damages to critical water infrastructure storing dangerous chemicals – posing a grave threat to human life and the environment, according to a new United Nations report.
Dec 08, 2017, at 09:55 am
New York, Dec 8(Just Earth News): The humanitarian situation in war-torn eastern Ukraine is worse than ever, and people are at breaking point, the senior-most United Nations aid official in the country said on Thursday, as he launched a response plan.
People’s lives continue to worsen, but they live with hope, says UN official in Ukraine
Oct 14, 2017, at 03:07 pm
New York, Oct 14(Just Earth News): Concluding her visit to Ukraine, the United Nations Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator underlined on Friday the urgent need for humanitarian funding to address the dire situation faced by millions of civilians during the coming winter months.
Ongoing tensions pose continued dangers for civilians in eastern Ukraine, notes UN report
Sep 13, 2017, at 04:41 am
New York, Sept 12(Just Earth News): Last month saw a decrease in the number of civilian casualties due to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to a new report issued on Tuesday by the United Nations human rights office, which added that the sudden flaring and easing of tensions continues to make daily life dangerous for civilians living close to the so-called “contact line.â€
Conflict in Ukraine enters fourth year 'with no end in sight' – UN report
Jun 14, 2017, at 04:27 am
New York, June 13(Just Earth News): Warring parties in eastern Ukraine have repeatedly failed to implement ceasefire agreements, allowing hostilities to escalate and the cumulative death toll to exceed 10,000 as the conflict entered its fourth year, a new United Nations report reveals.
Children in east Ukraine need urgent care to overcome trauma of conflict – UNICEF
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:19 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): More than 200,000 children, or one in four, in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial support to address their traumatic experiences, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
UN emergency food agency to feed some 220,000 people in conflict-affected Ukraine
Feb 16, 2017, at 03:00 pm
New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News): Access to food is becoming harder in eastern Ukraine as prices are outpacing incomes, the United Nations emergency food agency on Wednesday said, warning that without longer-term intervention, more people will need humanitarian aid in the months and years to come.
Thousands of children out of school as classrooms shelled in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF
Feb 08, 2017, at 05:50 am
New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): With thousands of children forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week's surge in fighting, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partners have strongly condemned the indiscriminate shelling of schools, and called for all sides to immediately recommit to the ceasefire signed in Minsk in August 2015.
Civilians face ‘dire’ situation amid ongoing hostilities in eastern Ukraine, UN warns
Feb 04, 2017, at 01:27 pm
New York, Feb 4 (Just Earth News): An immediate pause in fighting is needed in Ukraine to prevent more people dying and repair essential services, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday following another night of shelling in the east of the country.
Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine extracting heavy civilian toll, UN Security Council hears
Feb 03, 2017, at 02:10 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News): Briefing the Security Council on the situation in eastern Ukraine, the top United Nations political and humanitarian officials underlined on Thursday that continuing fighting in the region, with only short periods of respite, have exasperated human suffering.
Dangerous conditions in Ukraine after heavy fighting be repaired.
Feb 03, 2017, at 04:32 am
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News): More than 2,500 children in the Donetsk region of Ukraine are without heat, electricity or water, prompting the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to call for an end to fighting in the area so that the infrastructure can be repaired.
Ukraine: UN ‘gravely concerned’ by deteriorating situation as violence flares in Donetsk
Feb 01, 2017, at 02:08 pm
New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News): Amid outburst of violence in Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council and the top humanitarian official there expressed grave concern on Tuesday about the “dangerous deterioration†of the situation in the country’s eastern region and its severe impact on the local civilian population.
Millions in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian assistance, UN relief wing reports
Dec 31, 2016, at 01:29 pm
New York, Dec 31 (Just Earth News): According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), an estimated 3.8 million people in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian assistance and 2.2 million are suffering as a result of no access to quality health services.
Conflict in Ukraine continues to take civilian toll – UN human rights report
Dec 09, 2016, at 12:40 pm
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): A new United Nations report out on Thursday has confirmed that Ukrainians living close to the “contact line†– the area between Government-controlled and armed group-controlled territory in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions – not only suffer due to fighting near their homes but also face the threat of landmines and unexploded ordinance as well as have to contend with severe restrictions on movement.
Cultural traditions in Portugal, Uganda and Ukraine added to UNESCO heritage protection list
Dec 01, 2016, at 01:11 pm
New York, Dec 1 (Just Earth News): With the current session of the United Nations committee tasked with safeguarding intangible cultural heritage under way, three cultural elements in Portugal, Uganda and Ukraine have been inscribed to the United Nations list of cultural traditions in need of urgent protection.
UN Human Rights Council discusses situations in DR Congo, Libya, Ukraine and Burundi
Sep 28, 2016, at 01:14 pm
New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): At interactive dialogues on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya Ukraine, and Burundi, senior UN human rights officials and independent experts on Tuesday urged the governments to take immediate steps to ensure protection of human rights in their respective countries.
UN expert calls on Ukraine to step up its efforts to protect the rights of the internally displaced
Sep 10, 2016, at 01:27 pm
New York, Sept 10 (Just Earth News): At the conclusion of an official visit to Ukraine, a United Nations human rights expert has called on the Government to step up its response to prevent and address internal displacement and to provide durable solutions to the persons already displaced.
FEATURE: In Ukraine, a ‘Living Library’ helps ease tensions between displaced persons and hosts
May 17, 2016, at 01:23 pm
New York, May 17 (Just Earth News): Experiencing the story of a person displaced in Ukraine – the suffering, joys, feelings of alienation and social exclusion, but also the sense of belonging – is possible for communities hosting the displaced persons due to a United Nations project that has turned testimonies into “books†in a so-called Living Library. “People become becoming living books. They give all these stories and record them and bring them all together into a library that other people can consult,†explained Janthomas Hiemstra, Country Director in Ukraine for the UN Development Programme (UNDP), which supports the Living Library project. The project is run by a local non-government organization.
NATO Deputy Secretary General to meet Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Apr 19, 2016, at 12:09 am
New York, Apr 18 (IBNS) NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow will meet with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko on Tuesday, officials said.
Ukraine: growing despair among over three million civilians in conflict zone - UN report
Mar 04, 2016, at 02:09 pm
New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite a decrease in the number of civilian casualties in the east of Ukraine over the past few months, a new United Nations report shows that the conflict is severely impacting on the daily life of civilians, with a growing sense of despair and isolation affecting those living in the conflict zone, especially in the areas controlled by the armed groups.
Confronting bitter winter, UN agency steps up food aid in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine
Jan 26, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With food security expected to worsen in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine during the cold winter months, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Monday that it would extend its emergency operation to help feed more than 260,000 people until the end of June.
UN agency and partners distribute food to 7,000 vulnerable people in Ukraine
Nov 21, 2015, at 02:33 pm
New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the start of food distribution to about 7,000 hospital patients and school children in conflict-affected areas in eastern Ukraine.