UN / UKRAINE UPDATE

STORY: UN / UKRAINE UPDATE
TRT: 01:52
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 11 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters

11 JANUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues on the ground are telling us that intense fighting continues in the eastern Donetsk region, with multiple civilian casualties reported in recent days on both sides of the front line.
In the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar, which both experienced shelling, some 7,500 residents remain, according to the local authorities and what they are telling us. With houses and infrastructure having been destroyed or heavily damaged, people are seeking cover in shelters and basements.”
4. Med shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Due to continuing fierce fighting, the possibility of delivering assistance or evacuating the remaining residents is very limited indeed.
In the areas of the Donetsk region currently under the military control of the Russian Federation, the premises of two critical energy facilities were reportedly damaged.
We have also received reports about education facilities coming under fire from both sides of the front lines.”
4. Med shot, press room dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, is currently visiting the most impacted communities in the eastern Kharkiv region. Even though humanitarian access to the areas has improved after the Government of Ukraine regained control, the situation there remains dire.
Ms. Brown is meeting with local communities, local responders and authorities to plan the delivery of essential winter supplies to support people as the temperatures drop below minus 15 degrees Celsius.”
6. Wide shot, journalists in press room

STORYLINE:

Updating reporters on the situation in Ukraine, a UN spokesperson said, “Due to continuing fierce fighting, the possibility of delivering assistance or evacuating the remaining residents is very limited.”

Briefing journalists on Wednesday (11 Jan), Stéphane Dujarric said, “intense fighting continues in the eastern Donetsk region, with multiple civilian casualties reported in recent days on both sides of the front line.”

According to the Spokesperson, “In the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar, which both experienced shelling, some 7,500 residents remain, according to the local authorities and what they are telling us.”

He also noted that with houses and infrastructure having been destroyed or heavily damaged, people are seeking cover in shelters and basements.

Dujarric mentioned, “In the areas of the Donetsk region currently under the military control of the Russian Federation, the premises of two critical energy facilities were reportedly damaged.”

He also told reporters, “We have also received reports about education facilities coming under fire from both sides of the front lines.”

According to the Spokesperson, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Denise Brown, is currently visiting the most impacted communities in the eastern Kharkiv region.

Dujarric said, “Even though humanitarian access to the areas has improved after the Government of Ukraine regained control, the situation there remains dire.”

Brown is meeting with local communities and authorities to plan the delivery of essential winter supplies “to support people as the temperatures drop below minus 15 degrees Celsius,” concluded Dujarric.