Ukraine

A protective sarcophagus or casing was built over the Chernobyl nuclear plant after the accident.
Oleksandr Syrota

‘Disasters know no borders’ says Guterres, 35 years on from Chernobyl nuclear accident

26 April 2021
Health

In his message for Chernobyl International Remembrance Day on Monday, the UN chief reminded that “disasters know no borders”. 

In Ukraine, residents wait in line at the Novotroitske crossing point.
UNOCHA/Yevhen Maloletka

UN-led aid convoy brings 23 tonnes of humanitarian goods across contact line in east Ukraine

23 April 2021
Humanitarian Aid

Twenty-three tonnes of urgently needed aid items have reached the eastern Ukrainian province around Donetsk, after a humanitarian convoy crossed the contact line into non-Government-controlled territory, the UN said on Friday. 

Since the fighting began in early 2014, educational facilities on both sides of the contact line have been damaged or destroyed.
© UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

Hope for ‘long-elusive progress’ in negotiating peace in eastern Ukraine

18 February 2020
Peace and Security

Marking the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Minsk II agreement, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, that along with the Minsk Protocol and the Minsk memorandum, it remains “the only agreed framework” for a negotiated, peaceful settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Children n Congo Brazzaville gather to draw their rights.
© UNICEF/Diefaga

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Human Rights Day, Samoa measles, COP25, economic slowdown, Myanmar at ICJ

10 December 2019
Human Rights

A recap of Tuesday’s stories includes a day of activism on Human Rights Day; 70 Samoan lives now claimed by measles; COP25 news roundup from Madrid; global trade on the slide; and legal proceedings begin at the ICJ against Myanmar, as Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to defend her country against genocide allegations.

Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine examine the MH17 crash site in July 2014.
OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka

UN chief notes ‘with concern’ report holding Russia liable for downing airliner

25 May 2018
Peace and Security

Following the conclusion of an investigation that holds Russia responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane in 2014, the United Nations chief said on Friday that he “has taken note with concern of the latest report”.

A child sits in a classroom in Ukraine with sandbags reinforcing the window to protect against shrapnel and bullets.
© UNICEF/UN0150817/Gilbertson V

Ukraine: 200,000 children forced to learn in bullet-riddled classrooms

4 May 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Some 200,000 girls and boys in eastern Ukraine are commuting to schools whose classroom walls are often riddled with bullets, and playgrounds scattered with metal remnants of war.