May was deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine in four years, UN Security Council told

Due to the intensification of Russian airstrikes, the number of civilian deaths and injuries in Ukraine last month reached its highest level since April 2022.

This was stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Mohamed Khaled Khiari , the Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific, according to Ukrinform’s correspondent on the ground.

He said that on June 17, Russia launched another massive strike against Ukraine. The Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions came under fire.

Khiari emphasized that sites of exceptional historical and cultural value were damaged. In particular, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was struck. The day before, a drone struck the Kharkiv Art Museum.

According to UNESCO, more than 530 cultural sites have been damaged in Ukraine since February 2022.