Turkish President and UN Secretary-General met with Ukrainian President in Ukraine’s west
The President of Ukraine met with Turkish President t Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Lviv (west of Ukraine) on August 18, 2022. They discussed prospects for ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Source: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy “We agreed to continue the coordination of the grain initiative...
EU supports demilitarization of Ukraine’s nuclear plant and calls on Russia to withdraw its forces
EU High Representative said on August 12, 2022, on Twitter, that Europe calls to demilitarize the zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is now occupied by Russians. Source: EU High Representative Josep Borrell “Zaporizhzhia facility must not be used as part of any military operation. I support call for...
Russia opposed the demilitarized zone around the Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russia’s permanent representative to the UN said on August 12, 2022, that Russia opposed the creation of a demilitarized zone around the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant because of the “risk of provocations and terrorist attacks.” Source: Permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasyl Nebenzya...
War stress increased the number of premature births in Ukraine, – Unitaid
UN-backed global health initiative told the World Health Organization (WHO), who spoke in Geneva on August 9, 2022, that the war in Ukraine has increased the risk of premature births, and therefore more oxygen machines are needed for newborn. Source: Herve Verhoosel, Spokesperson for global health agency Unitaid “The war increases levels of...
Ukraine called on the IAEA to visit the Zaporizhzhia NPP before the end of the August
Yevhen Tsymbaliuk, representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna said on August 8, 2022, that Ukraine has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an autonomous international organization within the UN, to visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the end of August, which the Russians are...
Almost 18 million people in Ukraine will need humanitarian aid by the end of the year, – UN
The Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown said on August 8, 2022, that at least 17.7 million people will need humanitarian assistance by the end of the year, as a result of the intense fighting since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Source: The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown Brown called on the...
The Russians mined the nuclear plant and threat to blow it up if Ukrainian army attacks
The commander of the Russian garrison at the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant stated on August 8, 2022, that all important objects were mined at the plant, and the station “will be Russian or a draw.” Source: Valeriy Vasyliev, head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian...
The UN will launch a fact-finding mission of the killing of Ukrainian war prisoners in Olenivka
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres on August 3 announced the creation of a UN mission to gather facts about the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war from the “Azov” regiment in Russian-occupied Olenivka. Source: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “We receive requests from the Russian Federation and...
The UN does not respond to Ukraine’s requests on the killing of Ukrainian war prisoners
Ukraine’s Commissioner for Human Rights said that he had not received answers to his requests from the United Nations regarding the Russian war crime in occupied Olenivka, Donetsk region, as a result of which Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed. Source: Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets “We have communication with...
Ukraine called on the UN to close the sky over Ukrainian nuclear power plants
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mykola Tochytskyi, called for closing the sky over Ukraineʼs nuclear facilities at the UN conference dedicated to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on August 1. Source: The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi “For the first time in history,...
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