Millions of Ukrainians at risk amid Russian attacks on critical infrastructure: UN

The United Nations warned Monday that Russia's latest missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine are “putting millions of civilians at risk'' from freezing temperatures.

''Another wave of missile strikes today has left millions without electricity and water in some regions in the north, center and south, as well as in the capital Kyiv,'' Stephanie Tremblay, an associate UN spokesperson, told reporters.

She said water supply has been compromised due to the lack of electricity to run the pumps in Odesa, and the heating system in Dnipro and Odesa have also been impacted.

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 The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on Tuesday, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky announced on Monday.

"On December 6, the Westerners again convened a meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine, choosing humanitarian issues and the protection of children as the topic," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

The diplomat specified that the meeting is scheduled to start at 06:00 p.m. Moscow time. Polyansky suggested that in their speeches, Western countries "will slip" into criticism of "attacks on Ukrainian energy and other infrastructure."

"Of course, they will not remember about the children of Donbass, but we will remind them," he wrote.

In December, India took over the chairmanship in the UN Security Council.