The official United Nations gives Ukraine strikes and urges a return to diplomacy

Surround ambassadors in Security CouncilMiroslav Gina, Assistant Secretary -General of Europe in Ministry of Political Affairs and Peacebuilding (DPPA), renewed the call for an immediate ceasefire and a return to diplomacy to end the destruction.

He said: “The Ukrainian people have endured nearly three and a half years of unimaginable horrors, death, destruction and destruction. They urgently need comfort from this nightmare.”

He stressed that diplomacy, which is not fighting, needs an escalation in the coming days and weeks.

He added: “Diplomacy that leads to real and tangible results and can be verified and permanently and will be felt by people who have a long time on the ground.” Charter And international law.

Brutal attacks continue

Mr. Jenna described the “brutal” scale of the latest attacks.

Overnight between July 30 and 31, a Russian air attack was widely killed on Kiev at least 31 people-including five children-and 159 others were wounded, 16 of them. He represented the largest number of children’s injuries in one night in the capital since the invasion began in February 2022.

The strikes damaged 27 sites in four areas of Kiev, including a school, a pre -school school, a children’s hospital ward, and a university building.

“A whole section of a residential bloc has also been destroyed, leaving many trapped under the burning rubble,” said Mr. Gina.

Human workers, including the United Nations and local partners, responded quickly, as they provided shelter groups, psychological and social support in emergency situations and legal advice to affected families.

Strikes behind Kyiv

Besides KYIV, attacks were reported across at least seven areas – Fenteesia, Donetsk, Dniproptrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzia, Chernihasy and Chernihiv – with at least 120 civil loss in one night.

In Donetsk, it was said that two people were killed and wounded 10; In Kharkif, one person was killed and seven were injured. Additional victims were confirmed in Sumi, Jeruson and Zaporesvia.

In Kamensk, he left the hospital attack three dead – including a pregnant woman – and 22 injuries, and many of them are a medical staff. In Novoplatonivka, the Kharkiv region, six were killed while waiting for humanitarian aid.

“These terrible continuous attacks are simply unacceptable,” said Mr. Jenna.

United Nations Human Rights Office, OhchrReports that since the beginning of the full invasion of this year, more than 13580 civilians-including 716 children-and more than 34,000 civilians have been killed.

Losses inside Russia

Mr. Jenna also pointed to civil losses inside Russia.

Between 25 and 29 July, the Russian authorities reported attacks in the areas of Beljorod, Brigadk, Kursk, Leningrad and Rostov, which led to at least six deaths and multiple injuries.

While the United Nations cannot verify these reports, Mr. Jenna expressed his concern and reiterated that “attacks on civilians and civil infrastructure are prohibited under international law and must stop immediately – wherever it happens.”

Violations against prisoners of war

He also detailed new allegations of abuse against the prisoners of the Ukrainian war (prisoners of war).

According to OHCHR interviews with nearly 140 heat prisoners recently released, “Nearly … after they were subjected to torture or poor treatment”, including beating, electric shocks and suffocation.

OHCHR also documented reliable reports of 106 executions of Ukrainian soldiers in Russian reservation.