UNITED NATIONS — A senior U.N. official warned the Security Council at an emergency meeting Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine is steadily worsening as power and water supplies are scarce, homes are destroyed and health workers flee.
JohnGing, director of U.N. humanitarian operations, said that violence, especially in urban areas, will put more people at risk and lead to “an increase in the numbers killed” if a political solution can’t be reached.
“Immediate action is therefore required to prevent this,” he told council members. To date, 1,367 people, civilians and combatants, have been killed,Gingsaid.
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Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
