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Ukraine: Briefing

On Monday morning (27 July), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 20 July letter and supported by the Council’s European members (Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK). The anticipated briefers are Kayoko Gotoh, Director and Officer in Charge for Europe, Central Asia, and the Americas in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO), and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Indrika Ratwatte. Ukraine and several countries from the region are expected to participate in the meeting under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

Ukraine’s letter refers to a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack carried out overnight between 18 and 19 July. According to the letter, Kyiv suffered the most severe consequences, with residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure sustaining damage. The letter says that at least one civilian was killed and 17 others injured in the capital and the surrounding region, while attacks were also reported in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, and Kherson regions. It describes the assault as one of the largest ballistic missile attacks against Kyiv since the beginning of the war and argues that it reflects a continuing pattern of attacks against densely populated areas and civilian infrastructure.

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