Source: United Nations (video statements)
Briefing by Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Humanitarian Sector Division, Head and Representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva (OCHA), on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
Briefing the Council, Ramesh Rajasingham, head of OCHA’s Humanitarian Sector Division, warned that the attacks are having severe consequences for civilians during winter. He said repeated strikes on power, heating, and water systems in major cities have left hundreds of thousands of people without basic services, adding that in Kryvyi Rih families are melting snow for washing and cooking and heating water over candles after prolonged power cuts.