Ukraine

Peaceful protests have been taking place in Belarus following the disputed presidential election.
Kseniya Halubovich

News in Brief 18 September 2020

18 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Belarus debate in spotlight at Human Rights Council 
  • Syria: potential war crimes in Turkish-affiliated armed group areas  
  • Eastern Ukraine: UN humanitarian office sees signs of hope in ‘relative calm’ 
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A woman in the Dominican Republic receives food from a Government soup kitchen set up to help fight hunger triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
WFP/Karolyn Ureña

News in Brief 19 June 2020

19 June 2020
News in Brief
  • 'No choice' but to suspend aid flights, warns WFP
  • Heed ceasefire call in Ukraine, UN rights official urges
  • Appeal for safe passage across frontlines for Syrian students
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UNDP in Ukraine worked with community groups to provide protection masks and suits to medics to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
UNDP Ukraine/Maksym Kytsiuk

UN sustainable energy project in Ukraine finds a new role: fighting COVID-19

12 May 2020
Health

A United Nations project to promote energy efficiency among Ukrainian homeowners has found a second life – informing 1.8 million of the nation’s citizens on how to combat the COVID-19 virus.

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.

Iranian Red Crescent, and other relief organizations, participate in an operation to transfer dead bodies after a Ukrainian plane crashed in Tehran, Iran.
IRCS

Ukraine jet crashes in Iran, killing 176: UN chief offers deepest condolences 

8 January 2020
Peace and Security

A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. In a statement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ offered his deepest condolences, saying he was “deeply saddened by the crash”.