Spotlighting Deadly July for Civilians in Ukraine, UN Official Tells Security Council that “Horrific Devastation” Cannot Be Normalized

(Note: Due to the financial liquidity crisis affecting the United Nations and the resulting constraints, the full press release will be published at a later date.)

The Security Council met today to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, first hearing a briefing by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations.

Noting that Ukraine marked its thirty-third independence day on 24 August, he pointed out that date also marked “a somber milestone of two-and-a-half years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law”.

July, he said, was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine in almost two years.

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