{"id":1265,"date":"2025-11-20T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:40:05","slug":"civilian-deaths-in-ukraine-surge-beyond-last-years-total-as-winter-deepens-the-crisis-security-council-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brhrd.be\/?p=1265","title":{"rendered":"Civilian Deaths in Ukraine Surge Beyond Last Year&#8217;s Total as Winter Deepens the Crisis, Security Council Told"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ukraine is entering one of its harshest winters since the conflict began, with millions of civilians now facing freezing temperatures without heating, water, or basic public services. Civilian deaths recorded so far in 2025 have already <strong>surpassed the entire toll of 2024<\/strong>, UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Escalating aerial attacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUkrainian civilians continue to bear the brunt of the Russian Federation\u2019s escalating aerial campaign,\u201d said <strong>Kayoto Gotoh<\/strong>, Europe Director with the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She described a relentless wave of missile and drone strikes across the country, including <strong>a major barrage on Wednesday night that killed at least 25 people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the intensifying attacks, Gotoh noted that UN operations have helped provide <strong>electricity, heating, water, and sanitation support<\/strong> to more than <strong>six million people<\/strong> this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also highlighted a rare diplomatic breakthrough: the <strong>IAEA successfully brokered an agreement<\/strong> for both sides to reconnect the <strong>Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant<\/strong> to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cNo region is safe\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While frontline regions continue to endure the highest casualty rates, Russia\u2019s expanding use of long-range weapons is exposing the entire country to danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s attacks struck <strong>western regions<\/strong>, including <strong>Lviv<\/strong> and <strong>Ivano-Frankivsk<\/strong>, far from the frontlines.<br>\u201cNo region of Ukraine is safe,\u201d Gotoh warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human toll is staggering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Civilian deaths in Kyiv by late October were <strong>nearly four times higher<\/strong> than the total for all of 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nationwide civilian casualties have already exceeded last year\u2019s figures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since the start of the war, <strong>14,534 civilians \u2014 including 745 children \u2014 have been killed<\/strong>, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian authorities also report that <strong>392 people<\/strong>, including <strong>22 children<\/strong>, have been killed by Ukrainian drone strikes, though the UN has not been able to independently verify those numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Displacement rising as humanitarian resources shrink<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Humanitarian operations face growing strain as millions continue to flee violence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>3.7 million people<\/strong> are internally displaced across Ukraine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nearly <strong>6 million refugees<\/strong> remain abroad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>122,000 people<\/strong> have been newly displaced this year, mostly from frontline areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Aid workers operate under <strong>constant shelling, rapidly shifting battle lines, and severe security risks<\/strong>, said <strong>Edem Wosornu<\/strong>, Director of Operations and Advocacy at OCHA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She warned that the <strong>underfunded 2025 humanitarian response plan<\/strong> is already forcing life-saving services to scale back:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>72,000 displaced people<\/strong> lack adequate winter shelter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support services for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being reduced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Programmes for <strong>over 600,000 women and girls<\/strong> are being suspended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe urgently call for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure \u2014 including humanitarian and medical staff,\u201d Wosornu said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine is entering one of its harshest winters since the conflict began, with millions of civilians now facing freezing temperatures without heating, water, or basic public services. 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