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      Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’

    
            
        




  
    
  

              
                  
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  Security Council LIVE: Cycle of escalating attacks on civilians in Ukraine ‘must end now’



    
  




        9 October 2026
      Peace and SecurityEscalating violence and human rights violations in the four-year-old Russia-Ukraine war are in the spotlight in the Security Council on Friday following a spate of Russian attacks against civilian targets and infrastructure in recent days.



What you need to knowMore than 100 civilians were killed and at least 429 others injured across Ukraine this weekUN human rights chief Volker Türk described the scale and manner of the attacks as “reprehensible”The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today it received reports of drone incidents earlier this week at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power PlantRussia’s long-range strikes on electricity substations and power plants have left many parts of Ukraine without power15,280 civilians were killed or injured in Ukraine during the first eight months of this year, according to the latest dataWatch on UN Web TV:





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