All these actions have not stopped the humanitarian tragedy. Before the new Russian draft was circulated, the Security Council received a briefing by UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos on the situation in Ukraine. Amos told council members by videoconference that the humanitarian situation was deteriorating and could deteriorate further. She said that if there is no political settlement, there could be a humanitarian crisis, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the briefing was closed. Churkin told journalists that the information she presented proved that towns and villages in the east are being attacked daily with artillery, tanks and planes, tha «hundreds of people including children were killed in and around the cities of Luhansk and Slavyansk», and that many towns have no drinking water because energy and water supplies have been targeted. He said 60,000 Ukrainian refugees are in Russia. Amos told the Council that 34,000 Ukrainians have fled their homes, including 10,000 from Crimea, and that 4,600 Ukrainians have applied for asylum or refugee status in Russia, UN diplomats said. According to him, Amos presented a comprehensive briefing impartially highlighting the situation. It’s getting harder to conceal the scale of the tragedy taking place in the south-east of Ukraine. It is becoming a tall order even for those members of United Nations Security Council who sincerely side with the international criminals waging war against civilians. Sooner or later they will have to put the Russian draft resolution to the vote.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:40:32 +0000