UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the scale of destruction across Ukraine due to Russian military aggression requires strong support from the international community, going far beyond humanitarian aid.. He made this statement from the rostrum of the international conference on Ukraine, which took place in Paris today, the UN press service published..

“The war in Ukraine is a relentless humanitarian nightmare. It gets worse as the days go by and the temperature drops.. The civilian population pays a particularly high price in winter, especially those living on the front lines and those who are deprived of heating, water and basic services,” said Antonio Guterres..

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He noted that all major Ukrainian power plants and power transmission systems suffered from Russian bombing.. And power engineers, plumbers and heating engineers are working around the clock to repair the energy infrastructure.

As a result, the UN Secretary General continued, 10 million consumers, in particular families, businesses, hospitals and schools, were left without electricity, and millions without water and heat.. At the same time, the destruction of homes and critical infrastructure is sometimes so severe that it will take years to recover..

He said that in recent months, humanitarian organizations have provided assistance for the winter period to more than 630 thousand Ukrainian civilians, and 400 generators have been sent to critical facilities.. Thousands more are being purchased or have already been sent to Ukraine from abroad. But he calls it all a drop in the ocean..

“The scale of destruction across the country needs strong support from the international community, which goes far beyond humanitarian aid,” said Antonio Guterres.. – We must invest in the sustainable recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine to prevent the current crisis from escalating into poverty, hunger and destitution for millions of Ukrainians. And we must work together to create the conditions for peace in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.”.

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Recall that the head of the Servant of the People party, Elena Shulyak, suggested that after winning the war, Ukraine would not be able to rebuild all the cities, since some of them were destroyed by Russian infidels to the ground.