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What you need to know  More than 100 civilians were killed and at least 429 others injured across Ukraine this week  UN human rights chief Volker Türk described the scale and manner of the attacks as “reprehensible”  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)  (https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-370-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine) said  today it received reports of drone incidents earlier this week at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant  Russia’s long-range strikes on electricity substations and power plants have left many parts of Ukraine without power  15,280 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of this year, according to the latest data   Watch on UN Web TV:                            ♦ Receive daily updates directly in your inbox - (https://news.un.org/en/content/un-newsletter-subscribe?utm_source=UN News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=un_news_newsletter) Subscribe here  to a topic. ♦ Download the UN News app for your (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/un-news-reader/id496893005?mt=8) iOS  or (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.un.mobile.news&hl=en) Android  devices.     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