Reports

On this year’s World Mental Health Day, HelpAge International’s regional mental health and psychosocial support and protection adviser Lindsay Bingaman reflects on the challenges older people face after months of war. When I first heard a particular…

Reacting to reported Russian mass strikes on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities, Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “This is yet another day of petrifying news from Ukraine, with Russia launching multiple strikes that hit…

A message from Tetiana Stawnychy at Caritas Ukraine and Father Vyacheslav Grynevych at Caritas Spes-Ukraine about the missile strikes across the country last night - most devastating missile strikes since February 24. The missile strikes hit…

Geneva (ICRC) – As the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is putting the lives of civilians in peril. The impact of the recent attacks across…

Date: 10 October 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 9 October 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 15,592 civilian casualties in…

By Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Never before have we – as a human race – moved so much. So easily. We move for work; for pleasure; for curiosity; for meeting with friends…

The escalation of the war in Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, causing thousands of civilian casualties; destroying civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, and triggering the fastest growing displacement crisis in Europe since World War II. The…

Heavily populated areas in Ukraine—including in Dnipro, Kyiv, Lviv and Ternopil—came under attack on Monday from explosive weapons with wide-area effects, killing at least 11 civilians and injuring another 89.[1] Several civilian objects were destroyed, including a…

I am horrified by the wave of deadly attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation on Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and other cities across most regions of Ukraine this morning. This new escalation…

HIGHLIGHTS A wave of missile attacks and other airstrikes on large urban centres in Ukraine this morning have left scores of civilians killed and injured and key infrastructure damaged across most regions of the country, including the…