On January 16, Thursday, a meeting will be held in the UN Security Council Hall to discuss the situation in Ukraine in connection with the aggression of the Russian Federation. The meeting will be held at the request of Slovenia, which previously consulted with the Ukrainian delegation, Ukrinform reports..

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According to the Security Council Secretariat, a representative of the UN Department of Political Affairs will speak at the meeting. The event is scheduled to start at 15:00 Eastern American time (at 22:00 Kyiv time).

It was previously reported that the topic of the informal meeting of the UN Security Council will be Russia's violations of international humanitarian law against Ukrainian prisoners of war and detained civilians.

Let us remind you that the United Nations has officially recorded the deaths of more than 12.3 thousand since February 2022.. civilians in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression, as well as more than 27.8 thousand. people were injured.

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We would like to remind you that on Wednesday, January 15, another prisoner exchange took place between Ukraine and Russia.. 25 citizens of Ukraine returned home. All liberated Ukrainians have serious injuries or illnesses received during captivity or hostilities. Ukraine also managed to pick up wounded Ukrainian military personnel from the Kursk region. The oldest released from captivity is 60 years old, and the youngest is 24 years old..

“The wounded have, in particular, loss of vision, amputations of limbs, complex bullet wounds and the consequences of mine-explosive injuries. Among the diseases are tuberculosis, oncology, gangrene, which eloquently demonstrates the conditions in which our people have to live,” the message says..

The Coordination Headquarters noted that, in accordance with the norms of the Third Geneva Convention, the seriously wounded and seriously ill should be returned from captivity first.