Source: United Nations (video statements)
UN senior humanitarian official Joyce Msuyan highlighted that access to some front-line areas remains “extremely challenging.”
She said, “Active hostilities, damaged roads and security restrictions regularly delay or suspend humanitarian operations,” adding “humanitarian personnel face rising dangers.”
According to OCHA’s Access Monitoring and Reporting Framework, in December so far, one aid worker was injured in Kherson region, with eight cases of damage to humanitarian offices, assets and aid distribution sites.
Msuya reiterated, “While the UN does not have humanitarian operations in parts of Ukraine under occupation by the Russian Federation, our position is clear: we stand ready to deliver assistance to all civilians in need wherever they are, prioritizing solely on the basis of humanitarian need.”
The Assistant Secretary-General also highlighted that underfunding has a human cost.
“Families face freezing temperatures without heating support; women and girls lose access to safe spaces; and older people in front-line communities are left without the means to evacuate,” she said.