UN Headquarters in New YorkUN, Mar 24The situation in Ukraine is one of the most rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises of modern times, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said at a briefing on Thursday. .
Handelsblatt: Europe is on the verge of a big brawl over the Ukrainian crisisAccording to him, «the main humanitarian challenge continues to be safe and secure access to areas where civilians are trapped in fighting, such as Mariupol, and safe corridors.»Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />Macron called the influx of refugees from Ukraine a major challenge for EuropeAccording to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages of Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as human shields.
