The United Nations Security Council was set to meet on Ukraine at 10 a.m. Monday in New York, one day before US-backed talks are due to open in Abu Dhabi, according to UN News, the U.N.’s news service.
UN News said Russian strikes on energy infrastructure threaten millions of people with another cold, dark winter. It also said civilian deaths in Ukraine are rising sharply.
The service listed several figures in its coverage of the meeting. It said 328 civilians were killed and 2,105 were injured in September, which it described as an 85% rise on a year earlier. It did not say which U.N. body compiled those numbers.
UN News said October attacks on the three principal power stations in Kyiv cut power to 600,000 people. It also said that at least 43 people were killed on Nov. 2, when Russian bombs hit an aid shelter in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.
The service also pointed to attacks on Black Sea shipping. It said they are threatening navigation and global food security. The source did not say who carried out those attacks or which ships were hit.
Talks with Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi are slated for Nov. 10-11, UN News said. The United States is backing the talks. The source did not say who will take part, what is on the agenda, or where in Abu Dhabi they will be held.
The source also did not say which officials were due to brief the Security Council, which countries asked for the meeting, or whether the council planned to vote on anything. UN News said it was following the meeting with live coverage.