Ukraine Gate – Kyiv – March 25, 2022 \u2013 More than 3.7 million people have fled Ukraine, some 13 million people are estimated to be stranded in affected areas.
\u201cMillions of Ukrainians live in constant fear of indiscriminate shelling and heavy bombardment amid the systematic pounding of cities, towns, hospitals, schools and shelters that has forced them to shelter in bunkers, day and night,\u201d Karolina Lindholm Billing, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ukraine, said in Lviv, the UN press service informs.
In turn, speaking to journalists in Geneva, UN World Food Programme spokesperson Tomson Phiri said that existing systems that feed tens of millions trapped inside Ukraine were \u201cfalling apart, (with) trucks and trains destroyed, airports bombed, bridges fallen, supermarkets emptied, and warehouses drained\u201d.
\u201cThe encircled city of Mariupol is running out of its last reserves of food and water. No humanitarian aid has been allowed into the city since it was encircled,\u201d said Phiri.
All the while the civilian death toll continues to rise, said the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner.
\u201cThe overwhelming damage and destruction is being done by weapons – explosive weapons – with wide impact areas,\u201d she said, speaking from Uzhhorod in the west.
According to her, the use of cluster munitions has been confirmed, being potential violations of international humanitarian law.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, the UN recorded at least 1,035 civilians killed and at least 1,650 injured. As noted, the figure \u201cis likely much higher\u201d because the data from the battlefields come later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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