Fighting conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine
Dec 05, 2022, at 02:58 pm
New York: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been described as a crisis for women and girls, with cases of conflict-related sexual violence on the rise. Hrystyna Kit, co-founder of JurFem, the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association, has found herself pushing forward against a rising tide of gender-based violence.
Russia is using sexual violence as 'a weapon: Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska
Nov 30, 2022, at 08:24 pm
Kyiv: Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has claimed that the Russia is using sexual violence as "a weapon".
Ukraine war: Path of further escalation ‘must be reversed’, Security Council hears
Oct 22, 2022, at 07:35 pm
New York: Russia’s military escalation in Ukraine will lead to more suffering worldwide and must be reversed, said the UN’s political affairs chief on Friday, adding that further talk of possible nuclear weapons use could lead to a “dangerous spiral”.
Putin imposes martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine
Oct 20, 2022, at 02:14 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law on Wednesday in the four regions Russia has annexed and given additional emergency powers to the heads of the Russian regions, AFP reported.
Ukraine: UN General Assembly demands Russia reverse course on ‘attempted illegal annexation’
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:23 pm
New York: The UN General Assembly passed a resolution by a large majority on Wednesday, calling on countries not to recognise the four regions of Ukraine which Russia has claimed, following so-called referendums held late last month, and demanding that Moscow reverse course on its "attempted illegal annexation".
Russia: Alarm over arrests of military mobilization protesters
Sep 29, 2022, at 09:50 pm
New York: In Russia, nearly 2,400 people have reportedly been arrested for protesting against the Kremlin’s mobilisation call-up to fight in Ukraine, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Ukraine conflict: Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region
Jul 02, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Odesa: Overnight Russian missile strike has left 21 people ,including one child, dead in Odesa region of Ukraine, media reports said.
Ukraine and rising global insecurity, test for us all, says UN rights chief
Jun 14, 2022, at 11:53 pm
New York: War in Ukraine continues to cause mayhem and “destroy the lives of many”, and it is everyone’s responsibility to limit the global food, fuel and financial crisis” that it has sustained, the UN’s top rights official told the Human Rights Council on Monday, in her last session as High Commissioner.
Ukraine: Amid fresh Russian claims, no trace of secret bioweapons programme
May 14, 2022, at 06:29 pm
New York: Amid new claims by Moscow of a covert biological weapons programme in Ukraine, the Director of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) affirmed on Friday that the UN is not aware of any such programme and has neither the mandate nor the technical operational capacity to investigate it - a message first delivered to the Security Council on 11 and 18 March, by High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu.
Russia in spotlight over Ukraine atrocities as Human Rights Council meets
May 14, 2022, at 12:39 am
New York: The UN Human Rights Council met in special session on Thursday in Geneva, prompted by increasing concern over atrocities committed against civilians, linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
Ukraine: UN labour agency update shows 4.8 million jobs lost to war
May 14, 2022, at 12:02 am
New York: An estimated 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since Russia’s 24 February invasion, according to a brief published on Wednesday by the UN’s labour agency.
Ukraine: UN rights office probe spotlights harrowing plight of civilians
May 11, 2022, at 08:31 pm
New York: Almost 76 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, countless civilians remain caught up in the horror and destruction of war, UN rights investigators said on Tuesday.
May 06, 2022, at 09:12 pm
New York: Humanitarian needs continue to rise in war-torn Ukraine where an estimated 7.7 million people are now internally displaced, UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday.
Ukraine war: UN signs framework to assist survivors of sexual violence
May 04, 2022, at 11:53 pm
New York: Women’s rights do not end when wars begin, a senior UN official said in Ukraine on Tuesday, outlining measures towards ensuring justice and accountability for sexual violence committed during the conflict in the country.
Mariupol steel works convoy: UN aids arrivals after journey 'from hell'
May 04, 2022, at 11:14 pm
New York: In Ukraine on Tuesday, UN humanitarians began to help the first evacuees arriving from Mariupol’s devastated Azovstal steel works, more than two months since Russia’s invasion began, and said that they would do everything possible to assist those still trapped.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Ukraine, meets President Zelenskyy in Kyiv
May 02, 2022, at 01:56 am
Kyiv: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Ukraine and met President Zelenskyy in the latest show of support against the fight against Russian aggression by a senior Western politician.
Russia agrees ‘in principle’ to UN and Red Cross involvement in evacuations from Mariupol
Apr 27, 2022, at 08:01 pm
New York: Russia has agreed “in principle” to UN involvement in the evacuation of citizens from the last remaining holdout in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, following a meeting between Secretary-General António Guterres and President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.
UN’s Bachelet condemns ‘horrors’ faced by Ukraine’s civilians
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:06 pm
New York: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned the “horrors” committed against civilians in Ukraine as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that it feared the worst in devastated areas of the country's east and south.
Ukraine: Russian military conducting raids in Kherson
Apr 19, 2022, at 03:50 pm
Kyiv: After the discovery of a cache with weapons and explosives at a Kherson military plant, Russian servicemen are conducting raids in the city and its surrounding region to identify sabotage groups left by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) during its flight from the city, a Russian security source told Sputnik.
Ukraine: Six killed in missile strikes on Lviv
Apr 18, 2022, at 10:00 pm
Kyiv: At least six people were killed and eight others wounded on Monday in missile strikes on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, said Maksym Kozytsky, head of the Lviv regional military-civilian administration.
'We shouldn't wait, must prepare for nuclear weapons use by Russia': Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Apr 17, 2022, at 04:41 pm
Kyiv/IBNS: The world should be prepared for the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told journalists Saturday, in what is seen as his repetition of an earlier warning.
Ukrainian forces wrest over 30 towns from Russians
Apr 03, 2022, at 04:56 am
Kyiv: Ukrainian troops have regained control over 30 towns and settlements causing Russian forces to retreat from the Kyiv region, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said on Saturday.
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:52 pm
New York: Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling, the UN warned on Friday, as efforts continued to reach the country’s most vulnerable populations, one month on from the Russian invasion.
Ukraine lost 14,000 troops, Russia 1,350: Moscow
Mar 26, 2022, at 02:14 am
Moscow/UNI: A total of 1,351 Russian soldiers have been killed during the military operation in Ukraine, who have lost 14,000 troops, Moscow said on Friday.
Time to negotiate end to ‘unwinnable’ war in Ukraine, Guterres declares
Mar 23, 2022, at 05:03 pm
It’s time for a diplomatic solution to be found to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, amidst signs of hope that progress can be made to end an “unwinnable” and “indefensible” war, said the UN chief on Tuesday.
UNHCR chief condemns ‘discrimination, violence and racism’ against some fleeing Ukraine
Mar 22, 2022, at 06:11 pm
New York: The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality” that some refugees fleeing across the Ukraine border, and Third Country Nationals, have been subjected to racism and discrimination.
Chinese envoy to US says Beijing is not sending arms to Russia
Mar 22, 2022, at 01:16 am
Washington: China's key envoy to the United States has rejected claims that Beijing is sending military equipment to Russia to support Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
No sign of Ukraine bioweapons labs says disarmament chief, after further Russian claims
Mar 19, 2022, at 11:13 pm
New York: The UN is not aware of any biological weapons programme being conducted in Ukraine, the Organization’s disarmament chief told the Security Council once more on Friday, responding to fresh allegations by the Russian Federation, that it had evidence to the contrary.
Mar 19, 2022, at 10:12 pm
New York: After a missile attack near the airport in Lviv in western Ukraine early on Friday, UN humanitarians warned that the situation across the country remains dire, as Russia’s military invasion continues.
Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second: UNICEF
Mar 16, 2022, at 06:28 pm
New York: Almost one child per second in Ukraine is becoming a refugee of the war, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as the total number of people who have now fled the country since the Russian invasion began, passed three million.