World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths

Long-range Russian attacks across Ukraine are intensifying, including in Kyiv, causing at least 14 civilian deaths and 78 injuries overnight into Thursday, as UN agencies continue to provide aid.Seven children were wounded in the strikes, which further damaged health and energy facilities, according to Ukrainian authorities and reports from Russian-occupied areas.In Russian-occupied areas, reports also indicate that two civilians were killed and nine were injured in the Donetsk region. Overnight attacks damaged energy infrastructure in Poltavska, Rivnenska and Volynska oblasts, disrupting the power supply, according to Ukrainian authorities. Hostilities also caused power cuts in six frontline areas, while emergency power outages were also reported in Kyiv.Scrambling to reach frontline communitiesUN agencies continue to support communities in frontline areas of Ukraine, where reaching them is complicated or dangerous.A UN Department of Safety and Security team delivered relief supplies on Wednesday to a community close to the contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region, where they described access as “severely constrained”. Helping with winterisation efforts, the UN Children’s Fund (UNI...