Today's top news: Ukraine, Bangladesh, Sudan

Children play with counsellors at the Zaporizhzhia humanitarian hub in Ukraine’s Zaporiska Oblast while their parents and guardians collect aid. The children’s space has been set up by NGO Posmishka with funding from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund OCHA/Matteo Minasi

Ukraine

The Humanitarian Coordinator there, Denise Brown, today condemned new attacks on Kyiv this morning which killed civilians including one child.

This sadly coincides with the country marking Ukrainian Children’s Day.

According to the UN Human Rights Office, over 1,500 children have been killed and injured in Ukraine since February 2022.

The war also has also had a devastating impact on the mental health and well-being of children, including millions who have fled for their safety.

We and our partners will continue to work to ensure they can receive the support they urgently need.

Bangladesh

The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has allocated $3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to support the response to Tropical Cyclone Mocha.

As mentioned earlier, Cyclone Mocha wreaked havoc in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh in mid-May, damaging or destroying facilities and the shelters of over 40,000 refugees.

With this emergency funding, humanitarian partners will focus on shelter support, infrastructure repair, debris removal and the replenishment of relief items stocks.

Sudan

We continue to deliver humanitarian supplies to communities in need in Sudan.

More than two dozen trucks carrying life-saving assistance were on the move over the past two days to different locations in the country.

Meanwhile, we continue to face bureaucratic hurdles that limit our ability to bring staff into and move around Sudan. We call for expedited visa clearances and waiving permits for internal movement to ensure we have adequate capacity to carry out our critical humanitarian operations.