Briefing ambassadors in the Security adviceMiroslav Jenča, general deputy secretary for Europe in the Department of Political Affairs and Peace (DPPA), renewed the call to an immediate ceasefire and a return to diplomacy to end devastation.
“The Ukrainian people have endured almost three and a half years of horrors, death, devastation and unimaginable destruction. They need relief from this nightmare, “he said.
He stressed that diplomacy, not fighting, has to degenerate in the coming days and weeks.
“Diplomacy that leads to real, tangible, verifiable and lasting results that would be felt by people who have suffered for a long time,” he added, reiterating that the UN remains ready to support all the efforts to a just and lasting peace online with the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
Brutal attacks continue
Mr. Jenča described the “brutal” scale of the latest attacks.
Overnight, between July 30 and 31, a large -scale Russian aerial assault against Kyiv killed at least 31 people – including five children – and injured 159 others, including 16 children. He marked the greatest number of injuries to children in one night in the capital since the start of the invasion in February 2022.
Strikes have damaged 27 locations in four kyiv districts, including a school, a nursery school, a wing at the pediatric hospital and a university building.
“An entire section of a building would also have been destroyed, leaving a lot trapped under the Fire rubble,” said Jenča.
The humanitarian workers, including the United Nations agencies and local partners, responded quickly, offering refuge kits, emergency psychosocial support and legal advice to affected families.
Strike beyond Kyiv
Beyond kyiv, attacks have been reported in at least seven regions-Vinnytsia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy and Chernihiv-with a total of at least 120 civilian victims in one night.
In Donetsk, two people were said to have been killed and 10 injured; In Kharkiv, a person was killed and seven injured. Additional victims were confirmed in Sumy, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
In Kamianske, an attack in the hospital left three dead – including a pregnant woman – and 22 injured, many of whom are medical staff. In Novoplatonivka, in the Kharkiv region, six were killed while waiting for humanitarian aid.
“These horrible continues attacks are simply unacceptable,” said Jenča.
The United Nations Human Rights Office, Ohchrreports that since the start of the large -scale invasion of Thorugh in June of this year, more than 13,580 civilians – including 716 children – have been killed and more than 34,000 injured.
Victims in Russia
Jenča also noted civilian victims in Russia.
Between July 25 and 29, the Russian authorities reported attacks in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Leningrad and Rostov regions, causing at least six deaths and multiple injuries.
Although the UN cannot verify these reports, Mr. Jenča has expressed his concern and reiterated that “attacks on civilians and civil infrastructures are prohibited under international law and must stop immediately – wherever they perform”.
Abuse against prisoners of war
He also detailed new allegations of abuse against Ukrainian prisoners of war (prisoners of war).
According to OHCHR interviews with nearly 140 recently released prisoners of war, “almost all … said they had been subjected to torture or ill -treatment”, including blows, electric shocks and suffocation.
The OHCHR has also documented credible reports of 106 executions from Ukrainian soldiers in police custody.
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