Kyiv hospital struggles to care for patients amid air strikes

Oksana, who is 26 weeks pregnant, described a harrowing scene in a Kyiv hospital in Ukraine during air raids, with staff scrambling to help patients and newborns into shelters. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153661
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Kyiv hospital struggles to care for patients amid air strikes
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UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza

UPDATING LIVE: Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza

18 Oct 2023

UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday called for an inquiry into the strike against a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds, including patients, staff and displaced people seeking shelter. 

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Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza: ‘Very real risk’ of conflict expanding warns top envoy

Security Council meets over Israel-Gaza: ‘Very real risk’ of conflict expanding warns top envoy

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UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday highlighted the need for an inquiry into the strike against a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds, including patients, staff and displaced people seeking shelter. 

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First Person: Giving birth during the Ukraine crisis

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Mariia Shostak, a 25-year-old woman living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a military offensive in Ukraine, and gave birth amid the sounds of air raid sirens.