The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) noted “tragic reports” of one child dead and three injured in kyiv, Vyshhorod and Zhytomyr.
“Children face another difficult and terrifying winter: young lives threatened. Heat, electricity and water cuts,” UNICEF tweeted, calling for an end to the attacks.
Impact on critical infrastructure
The drone strikes damaged more than 120 residential buildings in the Odessa region, OCHA said. Important energy, port and transport infrastructure was also affected, particularly in the port city of Reni, near the border with Romania.
The strikes left more than 10,000 customers without power, while critical facilities are running on backup power.
Further north, the attacks damaged energy facilities in Novhorod-Siverskyi, a city in the Chernihiv region, and in the city of Shostka, in the Sumy region.
Parts of Shostka that had already been severely affected by previous attacks were once again left without electricity and heat.
Power outages amid winter weather
Ukraine’s Energy Ministry also reported large-scale power outages in the Khmelnytskyi, Rivne and Ternopil regions, with outages recorded in six additional regions.
“With the onset of the cold season, the most vulnerable are those who need the most support. This violence must stop. Civilians must be protected,” OCHA said separately in a tweet.
It has been almost four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Humanitarian support for thousands
Over the past 11 months, the UN and its humanitarian partners have reached more than 430,000 people across the country with emergency assistance following the attacks.
This support includes essential medical supplies, health services and cash assistance, and mainly in frontline regions. Meanwhile, needs are increasing in previously less affected areas as attacks expand.
OCHA reported that an inter-agency convoy delivered eight metric tons of humanitarian aid to the community of Novoraiske in the Kherson region on Tuesday.
Items provided included medical and hygiene supplies, charging stations, children’s clothing and mattresses.
About 1,900 people live in Novoraiske, more than 200 of them children. Several locations there do not have access to water, gas or electricity due to ongoing hostilities, OCHA said.