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“Let this pave the way for the influx of critical aid, and more humanitarian access on both sides of the front line,” Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher he said on social media postalso conveyed by the Secretary General’s Spokesperson on Friday.
The ceasefire, aimed at easing the humanitarian emergency faced by residents trapped on the Russian-controlled left bank of the Dnipro River, was brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and announced by the White House on October 23. It will end on the evening of November 1st.
When asked whether the UN played a role in evacuating hundreds of people from Oleshky – near the city of Kherson – UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric answered that they had no role, but they provided humanitarian assistance to the refugees who were on the receiving end, when they reached the front line on the Ukrainian side.
The aid vehicle was hit
Meanwhile, two humanitarian vehicles were attacked by drones on Thursday, according to to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a clearly marked civilian bus was hit, killing a woman and injuring the passenger and driver.
These services, supported by OCHA, are managed Ukraine Humanitarian Fundprovides essential transportation to a community of more than 1,600 people. In Sloviansk, in the Donetsk region, an armored evacuation vehicle was hit, injuring two evacuees.
“Attacks on civilians, attacks on civilian infrastructure, and attacks targeting humanitarian groups are unacceptable and must stopsaid the spokesperson.
Aid organizations also responded to the latest wave of deadly attacks in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Poltava regions, by providing hot meals, cash aid, legal aid, materials for emergency shelters and temporary repairs to damaged homes.
According to Ukrainian authorities, attacks in the Chernihiv region killed two children and injured 37 people over the past day, while in Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, three people were killed and 28 injured.
Attacks on energy infrastructure also led to further power outages 190,000 consumers in the Dnipro region were still without power on Friday morning, OCHA saidcalls for the protection of civilians and critical infrastructure as cold weather sets in.
Dnipro attack ‘not an isolated case’
Responding to questions about Thursday’s deadly drone attack on the main train station in Dnipro, Spokesman Dujarric said the Secretary General strongly condemned the Russian attack, which killed civilians, including children.
The death toll now stands at 15, according to media reports.
“This is not a one-off case,” Dujarric added, noting that this case occurred after Russian attacks on cities including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia. “All these attacks are violations of international humanitarian law and must stop.”
