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Abuses range from widespread torture and arbitrary detention to conflict-related sexual violence which continue to be committed in Ukraine after one and a half years following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion, said the UN deputy rights chief. UNTV CH

The United Nations is “concerned over reports of Russian Federation holding so-called elections in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian military control. These so-called elections in the occupied areas of Ukraine have no legal grounds,” a UN senior official said. UNIFEED

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told the Security Council that “the goal of the armed forces of Ukraine is to take hostages, take the inhabitants of Crimea as hostages and start negotiating with the classic terrorist approach.” UNIFEED

Political Solution Founded on International Law, Restoring Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity, Only Way to End War, General Assembly President Tells Delegates

Political Solution Founded on International Law, Restoring Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity, Only Way to End War, General Assembly President Tells Delegates

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “The Russian Federation’s senseless war on Ukraine continues to generate severe and far-reaching violations of human rights.” UNTV CH

A spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office said, “The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today deplored the human cost of the war in Ukraine that has left at least 8,006 civilians dead and 13,287 injured over the past 12 months, in addition to the numerous lives previously lost in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.” OHCHR / UNTV CH

Ukraine hopes to have the UN General Assembly vote on a resolution based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 10-point peace plan in February, the country’s First Deputy Foreign Minister informed. UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General issued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed nearly ten million metric tonnes of vital foodstuffs to be shipped from Ukraine. UNIFEED

The United Nations Political Affairs Chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, said she was “gravely concerned” about the destruction of critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine and said “combined with soaring gas and coal prices, the deprivation caused by these attacks threatens to expose millions of civilians to extreme hardship and even life-endangering conditions this winter. UNIFEED