Ukraine war-induced crisis affecting women and girls disproportionately: UN report
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:09 pm
A new UN report reveals how the Ukraine war and its global impacts on food, energy, and finance are affecting women and girls disproportionately, both inside the country and around the world.
Sep 21, 2022, at 06:41 pm
New York: President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a return to “imperialism” and said that those who remained silent or were “secretly complicit” were engaging in a “new cynicism” that was eroding the global order.
Ukraine: 13 die as blasts rock separatist-run Donetsk
Sep 20, 2022, at 12:38 am
The Russian-backed mayor has claimed that as many as 13 people died in a series of explosions in the separatist-run city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, media reports said on Monday.
Ukraine: UN rights office set to probe ‘mass graves’ in newly liberated east
Sep 17, 2022, at 08:32 pm
New York: Reports that mass graves have been discovered in the Ukrainian city of Izyum are to be investigated by UN rights monitors, it’s been announced.
Hundreds of graves found in Ukraine, signs indicate some belong to soldiers
Sep 16, 2022, at 11:02 pm
Kyiv/UNI: Ukraine says hundreds of graves have been found outside Izyum, days after the city was re-taken from Russia.
Volodymyr Zelensky escapes narrowly in car accident
Sep 15, 2022, at 07:34 pm
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been involved in a car accident, his spokesman has revealed.
Missiles hit major Ukrainian dam
Sep 15, 2022, at 02:55 pm
Kyiv/UNI: Residents in a southern Ukrainian city are being urged to evacuate because of a risk of flooding, after missiles hit a major reservoir dam.
73k evacuated from war-torn Ukraine in August
Sep 13, 2022, at 11:04 pm
Kyiv/UNI: More than 73,000 people have been evacuated from conflict-affected eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the past month, Ukraine's Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories said.
Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine forces have retaken 6,000 sq km from Russia in September
Sep 13, 2022, at 02:41 pm
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country's forces have retaken more than 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq miles) from Russian control in September.
Blackout in Ukraine blamed on Russia
Sep 12, 2022, at 06:03 pm
Kyiv: Russia aims to "deprive people of light and heat" by causing power cuts across eastern Ukraine in revenge for a counter-offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Ukraine: UN committee ‘gravely concerned’ over treatment of people with disabilities
Sep 11, 2022, at 04:10 am
New York: People with disabilities trapped in the Russian control zones in Ukraine are reportedly being used as “human shields” by the Russian Federation armed forces, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) warned on Friday.
Ukraine: More than 14,000 casualties to date but ‘actual numbers are likely considerably higher'
Sep 11, 2022, at 01:03 am
New York: Nearly 5,800 people have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine and the situation of prisoners of war in Russian-held areas is “worrying”, the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country said on Friday.
Ukraine: Shelling in nearby city putting Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant at risk
Sep 10, 2022, at 09:18 pm
New York: Shelling in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar is putting the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) at risk, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned in a statement on Friday.
Ukraine has retaken 1,000 sqkm in a week: Volodymyr Zelensky
Sep 10, 2022, at 02:12 pm
Kyiv: Ukraine says it has retaken more than 1,000 sq km of territory in its south and east from Russia in the past week.
Security Council hears top concerns of displacement, global security and civilians in Ukraine
Sep 09, 2022, at 07:50 pm
New York: As the war in Ukraine “continues to rage,” the UN political and peacebuilding chief updated the Security Council, saying on Wednesday that 5,718 people have been killed, including 372 children.
Ukraine: Guterres calls for ‘safety’ and ‘security’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Sep 07, 2022, at 08:58 pm
New York: Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres again underlined the need to de-escalate the situation around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
Ukraine: ‘Physical integrity’ of Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant ‘has been violated several times’
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:47 pm
New York: Further damage to the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine “cannot” be allowed to happen, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said.
Ukraine troops using artillery made by Pakistan: Reports
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:44 am
Kyiv: Ukraine Army's need for ammunition amid the war with Russia is surprisingly met by Pakistan, a Twitter handle has claimed.
Ukraine: IAEA experts arrive in Zaporizhzhia on mission to nuclear plant
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:59 pm
New York: Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, the latest stage in their efforts to inspect conditions at the embattled nuclear power plant there.
UN inspectors head out to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fighting
Sep 01, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Kyiv/IBNS: A team from the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog Thursday headed for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine despite fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine: UN atomic energy experts head to stricken nuclear power station
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:48 pm
New York: A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on Monday for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between Ukrainian and Russian forces, who have accused each other of shelling the plant.
Latvia stands with Ukraine, brings down Soviet-era obelisk
Aug 27, 2022, at 11:27 pm
Riga (Latvia)/IBNS: In an outpour of symbolic support towards war-torn Ukraine, Latvia on Thursday tore down a Soviet-era obelisk embedded with Russian stars that celebrated Red Army's win over Nazi Germany.
Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line
Aug 27, 2022, at 07:03 pm
Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal on Friday for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary” relief items across the contact line.
Zaporizhzhia: World narrowly avoided radiation accident, says Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky
Aug 27, 2022, at 12:02 am
Kyiv: Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky has said Europe was facing the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from the country's power grid.
Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety
Aug 27, 2022, at 12:00 am
New York: On Thursday, the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Monitor civil society group, released their 2022 Cluster Munition Monitor report, on the risk these weapons pose to civilians.
Russia’s war with Ukraine needs to end, UN’s Bachelet urges Vladimir Putin
Aug 26, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New York: UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to end the country’s war against Ukraine, while also calling for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be immediately demilitarized.
Ukraine: UN agencies deliver food, health and other support amid fighting
Aug 26, 2022, at 08:45 pm
New York: UN agencies and entities have underlined their continued support to Ukraine, as Wednesday marked six months since the start of the war devastating the country.
Guterres underlines need for peace as Ukraine marks six months of ‘senseless war’
Aug 26, 2022, at 06:44 pm
New York: The “senseless war” in Ukraine is now six months old, with no end in sight, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday, repeating his ongoing appeal for peace.
US announces weapons package worth USD 2.98 bln for Kyiv
Aug 25, 2022, at 07:56 pm
Washington/UNI: The United States on Wednesday announced an additional tranche of security assistance to Ukraine worth nearly three billion US dollars, the largest one-time weapons aid to Kyiv that came at a time when the Russia-Ukraine conflict reached its half-year mark.
Ukraine: Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Aug 24, 2022, at 08:24 pm
New York: Agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine as purely civilian infrastructure and prevent a potentially “catastrophic” disaster amid the ongoing conflict, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.