World News in Brief: Wave of 'fear and dread' in Ukraine, UN expert slams Navalny disappearance, youth leaders for nuclear disarmament meet

By UN News

Dec 18, 2023 4:22 pm

With more than 900 air attacks across Ukraine in just one week, the intensifying Russian bombing campaign is leaving millions of children without sustained access to electricity, heat and water, as winter temperatures plummet.

That's according to UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director Regina De Dominicis who said in a statement on Monday that bombardment was 'particularly unrelenting' in the east and south of the country.

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