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Children across Ukraine are showing signs of widespread learning loss, including a deterioration in learning outcomes of the Ukrainian language, reading and mathematics, as the war preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left students facing a fourth year of disruption to education. UNICEF

Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said, “From the beginning of its armed attack, Russia began to detain civilians in areas that it occupied. It carried out what appeared in some cases to be security detentions, but in a manner that did not protect civilians or comply with international law.” UNTV CH

The chief of UN political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said, “Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international law. All such attacks must stop immediately, whether they be on Ukrainian, Russian controlled, or Russian territory.” UNIFEED

In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs continues to support the response to the Kakhovka Dam destruction and two inter-agency convoys traveled today to affected areas, in addition to the ongoing assistance provided by the UN and our partners, a UN Spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, called the damage caused to the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine a “monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe”, also noting that the UN “has no access to independent information on the circumstances that led to the destruction”. UNIFEED

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is providing high-quality seeds to smallholder farmers and agricultural assistance for rural communities in front-line regions of Ukraine to ensure they will not miss the spring planting season. FAO

Cambodian Ambassador Sophea Eat, whose country is among the most heavily contaminated by landmine, and explosive remnants of war, told reporters, “Mine action is not only a humanitarian issue, but it is also a precondition for sustainable development that leaves no one behind.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization, with European Union support, has donated 59 buses to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to help strengthen far-flung vaccination efforts across the country during the war. WHO

The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that in Ukraine, humanitarian access to areas under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation has become increasingly unpredictable and difficult to achieve. UNIFEED

The ongoing war in Ukraine has disrupted education for more than five million children, UNICEF warned, calling for increased international support to ensure children do not fall further behind. The impact of 11 months of conflict only compounds the two years of lost learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than 8 years of war for children in eastern Ukraine. UNICEF