U.N. Human Rights Chief Turk Calls on Russia to Cease Attacks on Ukraine Energy Sites
February 12, 2026
February 12, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 12 -- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk issued the following statement on Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure:
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The relentless attacks by the Russian Federation on energy infrastructure across Ukraine are depriving an already long-suffering civilian population of adequate warmth, water and electricity in an unbearably bitter and dark winter - one of the coldest in Ukraine in . . .
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The relentless attacks by the Russian Federation on energy infrastructure across Ukraine are depriving an already long-suffering civilian population of adequate warmth, water and electricity in an unbearably bitter and dark winter - one of the coldest in Ukraine in . . .