The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will provide assistance to approximately 900,000 Ukrainian citizens this winter, UNHCR said in a press release on Dec. 6.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov estimated on Monday that the population of Ukraine shrank by 4 million to 19 million in the past two months.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo announced plans to create a special fund to support Ukraine worth EUR 1.7 euros ($1.8 billion) during a joint conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Oct. 11.
and i think this is going to play out, really — this terror campaign is going to continue on for months. even the months beyond this counteroffensive, the russians are going to continue to terrorise the ukrainian population. so, what they need is considerably more air defences. they need layered air defences. they need the us patriots, the nasams, the various kind of systems that the uk is providing in abundance but in greater numbers, and those need to continue to flow into ukraine. eventually, they need air power to continue to provide some air cover against russian cruise missile attacks. all these things are going to be essential to help ukraine deliver victories on the battlefield and, ultimately, force the russians to the negotiating table. colonel vindman, 18 months into this war now. i want to ask you about putin's strategy here. does he have anything else in his war chest that he can commit to this war? he really has nothing new in terms of capabilities but what he can rely on is the brutality that he's experienced thus far,
quite a bit. they are ramping up on the tactical battlefield with suicide drone attacks. they are effectively employing artillery, although the numbers are dwindling. minefields do slit on ukraine and adapting — minefields do slit on ukraine and adapting with the terror campaign figure _ adapting with the terror campaign figure out— adapting with the terror campaign figure out ways whether ukraine are more _ figure out ways whether ukraine are more deformable with air defences like 0desa and pummeling the sites. because _ like 0desa and pummeling the sites. because this is in part a terror campaign _ because this is in part a terror campaign that the russians are employing to try and crush the will of ukrainians to resist and get ukrainians to capitulate and give up the territory that they are now fighting — the territory that they are now fighting to liberate. to give up the territories — fighting to liberate. to give up the territories that russians have claimed — territories that russians have claimed to annex. and i think this terror— claimed to annex. and i think this terror campaign will continue on for months and — terror campaign will continue on for months and even months beyond his counteroffensive. the russians are going _ counteroffensive. the russians are going to _ counteroffensive. the russians are going to continue to terrorise the ukrainian — going to continue to terrorise the ukrainian population. so what they need _ ukrainian population. so what they need is _ ukrainian population. so what they need is considerably more air defences _ need is considerably more air defences. they need for layered air defences _ defences. they need for layered air defences. they need for layered air defences. they need for layered air defences. they need the us patriots, the knee _ defences. they need the us patriots, the knee sands, the various kinds of systems— the knee sands, the various kinds of
always tried to suppress the ukrainian population. cities like odesa are collateral damage which the kremlin has long been happy to take on. just the kremlin has long been happy to take on. . , ., ., ., take on. just on that final point, it was thought _ take on. just on that final point, it was thought for _ take on. just on that final point, it was thought for a _ take on. just on that final point, it was thought for a very - take on. just on that final point, it was thought for a very long i take on. just on that final point, i it was thought for a very long while that owed us at would perhaps be spared because it is such a cultural jewel. is there a reading of this that, given events recently, with the push by ukraine at the pushback of russia, perhaps there is now a calculation that they will never actually occupy odesa, and so they are quite prepared to launch the sort of attacks they have? i think matthew you _ sort of attacks they have? i think matthew you are _ sort of attacks they have? i think matthew you are referring - sort of attacks they have? i think matthew you are referring to - sort of attacks they have? i think matthew you are referring to this scorched earth policy that russia has always adopted. if we can't have it, nobody can. i think you are right, if people can cast their minds back, when those russian forces came through relatively unchallenged from occupied crimea at the start of the full scale invasion, they made their way up through the southern curse on the region, but they couldn't get past
meanwhile in beijing emmanuel macron is preparing to meet his chinese counterpart. he is on a state visit to china in a bid to try to get president xi jinping to play a bigger role in ending the war in ukraine. ursula von der leyen has also joined him on the trip. the french president says china could use its close links with russia to resolve the conflict. translation:— russia to resolve the conflict. translation: ., ., , , ., translation: china has proposed a eace translation: china has proposed a peace plan _ translation: china has proposed a peace plan and — translation: china has proposed a peace plan and we _ translation: china has proposed a peace plan and we have - a peace plan and we have welcomed it, but do we agree with it in its entirety? no. but it is interesting. shows willingness to commit to resolving the conflict and so if it is not a peace plan, it is a desire to have responsibility to try build a path towards peace and a hope to be able to participate in initiatives that are useful to the ukrainian population. let's cross live _ the ukrainian population. let's cross live to _ the ukrainian population. let's cross live to asian _ the ukrainian population. let's cross live to asian now - the ukrainian population. let's cross live to asian now and - cross live to asian now and speak to the new york times
the front lines. maybe it is not promising. the front lines. maybe it is not promising-— the front lines. maybe it is not ”romisin. ~ ., ., ~ promising. what do you think the russians are _ promising. what do you think the russians are fighting _ promising. what do you think the russians are fighting for? - promising. what do you think the russians are fighting for? right l russians are fighting for? right now? well... _ russians are fighting for? right now? well... there _ russians are fighting for? right now? well... there are - russians are fighting for? e grit now? well... there are different russians who will fight. and they have different goals, and different understanding of the situation. some are fighting because they are told to fight. people who do not want to carry any responsibility for their own decisions, which is the responsibility of higher levels, so the auto to fight and they do that. loosely professional military. others, mobilised people, they think they are fighting the nazis in ukraine, ukrainian population, saving them from the nazi regime and so on. something that may be this
general, this is what you say. genocidal campaigns, and they're taking over children, young children, training them for the military, training them to be russian, indoctrinating them. what does this day to you? >> well, it tells me the russians are trying to eliminate the culture of ukraine and subjugate the ukrainian population. but more importantly, erin, it is a war crime. it's a direct violation of the fourth geneva convention relative to the protection of civilian persons in a time of war. it specifically violates protocol 1 of the convention, which talks about women, children, civilian medical personnel, and special protection for german, for journalists, i'm sorry. it is what we've come to expect from russia. as a former soldier, i saw many things in combat that were horrid and disgusting, but this is despicable. as a father and a grandfather, it is evil, inhuman, and unimaginable.
of ukraine and subjugate the ukrainian population. but more importantly, erin, it is a war crime. it's a direct violation of the fourth geneva convention, relative to the protection of civilian persons and the time of war. it's specifically violates protocol one of the convention, which talks about women, children, civilian medical personnel and special protection for journalists. it is what we've come to expect from russia. as a former soldier, erin burnett, i saw many things in combat that were horridest gusting. but this is despicable. as a father and grandfather, it is evil, and human, and unimaginable. i cannot imagine what these mothers and fathers are going through seeing their children taken away from them and sent to russia. >> i just think incredible pain. with the ethnic cleansing, you may never see that child again. if you are, it is unbelievable