TRT: 01:56
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
1 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Soto Nino-Martinez at dais, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues on the ground tell us that the fierce fighting continues in the eastern Donetsk region, with civilians being killed and injured on both sides of the front line. Over the last 24 hours, the front-line city of Bakhmut reportedly came under intensive shelling again. Children were among those killed and injured. Thousands of people who remain in the city experience constant shelling, forcing them to spend hours in shelters, while access to basic services, including health care, is extremely limited.”
4. Med shot, journalists, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Civilians were also reportedly killed and injured in the areas of the Donetsk region under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation. And civilians have also been killed, and key civilian infrastructure, including dozens of homes, have been reportedly damaged in the east, north, and south of Ukraine over the past 24 hours. We continue to support the most affected communities near the front line.”
6. Med shot, journalists, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Yesterday, an inter-agency humanitarian convoy delivered food, water, medicine, emergency shelter materials, hygiene items, a generator, and other supplies for winter to the town of Toretsk, which is some 10 kilometers from the front line in the Donetsk region. The convoy also delivered trauma and emergency surgery kit supplies.
Approximately 15,000 people of the 75,000 residents who lived there before the war started are still in that town and nearby communities. They depend on humanitarian assistance. The supplies were provided by the International Organization for Migration, UNICEF, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization.”
8. Wide shot, journalists, press room
STORYLINE:
Updating reporters today (1 Feb) on the situation in Ukraine, a UN spokesperson said, “the fierce fighting continues in the eastern Donetsk region, with civilians being killed and injured on both sides of the front line.”
Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez reported that over the last 24 hours, the front-line city of Bakhmut reportedly came under intensive shelling again.
She said, “Children were among those killed and injured. Thousands of people who remain in the city experience constant shelling, forcing them to spend hours in shelters, while access to basic services, including health care, is extremely limited.”
According to the spokesperson, civilians were also reportedly killed and injured in the areas of the Donetsk region under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation.
She continued, “Civilians have also been killed, and key civilian infrastructure, including dozens of homes, have been reportedly damaged in the east, north, and south of Ukraine over the past 24 hours. We continue to support the most affected communities near the front line.”
Soto Nino-Martinez also said that yesterday, an inter-agency humanitarian convoy delivered food, water, medicine, emergency shelter materials, hygiene items, a generator, and other supplies for winter to the town of Toretsk, which is some 10 kilometers from the front line in the Donetsk region.
The convoy also delivered trauma and emergency surgery kit supplies.
Approximately 15,000 people of the 75,000 residents who lived there before the war started are still in that town and nearby communities.
“They depend on humanitarian assistance,” the spokesperson explained.
The supplies were provided by the International Organization for Migration, UNICEF, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization.
