Ukraine: UN condemns latest attacks and calls for civilian protection

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine on Wednesday called for an end to attacks against civilians following further overnight strikes by Russian forces that reportedly killed at least 19 in the Chernihiv Region.Among the dead in Pryluky were five children, three of them babies, according to the latest information from local authorities. One of the children died along with his mother and grandmother.At least 50 others were reportedly injured when residential buildings were struck. The casualty toll is expected to rise as rescue operations continue.The overnight wave of attacks also reportedly killed around 25 others and injured dozens of civilians in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region, Kyiv and Oleksandriia in the Kirovohrad region.According to the latest data, 15,280 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of this year.Children in constant danger“Families must never live through the horror of seeing their children placed in constant danger or buried under the rubble of their own homes. This pattern of increasing harm to civilians must end,” the UN’s top official in the country Matthias Schmale said in a statement.On 5 and 6 October, airstrikes ...