OPERATIONAL CONTEXT & HIGHLIGHTS:
• Large-scale attacks by the Russian Federation have continued to severely impact civilians across the country over the last month. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) reported that at least 146 civilians were killed and 672 injured in Ukraine in June. While lower than May, the overall casualty number is the second highest in 2024. The number of casualties among children in June is the highest in 2024 (with eight children killed and 57 injured). HRMMU also documented over 20 attacks on energy infrastructure in Government-controlled territory, as rolling power cuts continue in Kyiv and elsewhere across Ukraine.
• A massive Russian missile attack on 8 July hit residential and civilian infrastructure across the country, including in the cities of Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro and Pokrovsk, and prompted international outrage. According to authorities, 46 people have been killed – including 34 in Kyiv – and at least 190 people injured across the country. In Kyiv, a missile hit the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, Ukraine’s largest paediatrics facility, killing two adults and one child, and injuring others. The UN Secretary-General strongly condemned the attack.
• UNHCR and partners organized a range of events in Ukraine marking World Refugee Day on 20 June, including a photo exhibition highlighting 30 years of UNHCR’s presence and work in Ukraine, audio-visual exhibitions featuring stories of forced displacement, games and activities for children, awareness campaigns, and roundtable events bringing together IDP Councils, NGOs, and authorities.
• The Ukraine Recovery Conference was held in Berlin on 11-12 June, bringing together over 3,400 government representatives, regional organizations and international financial institutions, businesses and civil society. UNHCR signed on to two coalitions established at the conference to support early recovery in Ukraine: (1) the Alliance for Gender Responsive and Inclusive Recovery, and (2) the Skills Alliance for Ukraine.
• UNHCR continues to provide immediate protection and assistance to people living in impacted areas while supporting the early recovery and durable solutions for displaced people, returnees, and war-affected people remaining in their homes.