The UN Security Council met on 27 July at Ukraine’s request, following recent large-scale Russian attacks on Kyiv and elsewhere.
Since the Council’s 9 July meeting on Ukraine, more than 170 civilians reportedly have been killed across the country due to aerial attacks by the Russian Federation, said Kayoko Gotoh, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations.
“Residential buildings, playgrounds, gas stations, markets and logistical warehouses have been hit,” she emphasized.
Kyiv has remained under constant bombardment, with the eighth major missile attack on the city striking a residential building just the day before. In July alone, at least 56 civilians reportedly have been killed and 232 injured in Kyiv.
With daily attacks also being reported in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, “the summertime escalation has had an increasingly destructive impact on the areas of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation”, she stressed.
Calling for renewed diplomatic efforts, she urged all concerned to resume dialogue and inclusive negotiations towards an immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire as a crucial step towards a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.
