Further mass displacement possible in Ukraine if energy sector hit, UN warns


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  • Friday, 15 Nov 2024

A view shows power lines at a compound of a power infrastructure object, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mykhailo Moskalenko/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - Any additional Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy system could trigger a further wave of mass displacement as winter approaches, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.

As the war grinds towards its third winter, civilians are more vulnerable than at any other winter during the conflict due to Russian strikes on its energy system and donor fatigue, said U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Matthias Schmale.

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