UN calls on Russia to stop attacks on Ukraine energy sites – Europe live

Hundreds of thousands Ukrainians without power, heat and water after strikes targeting energy infrastructure

The United Nations has called on Russia to stop its attacks on Ukraine’s energy sites, which have plunged entire cities into darkness in the coldest winter of the four-year war.

Moscow has stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s power and heating infrastructure, and conducted another nationwide attack on energy facilities overnight that killed two people, AFP reported.

The relentless attacks by the Russian Federation on energy infrastructure across Ukraine are depriving an already long-suffering civilian population of adequate warmth, water and electricity in an unbearably bitter and dark winter.

Last night, the Russian Federation again carried out a large-scale attack targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of civilians woke up without electricity and heating.

The targeting of civilian infrastructure is prohibited under international humanitarian law. I call upon the Russian Federation to immediately cease these attacks.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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