The United Nations is determined to increase humanitarian assistance to Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Guterres told Zelenskyy the UN would launch on Tuesday an appeal to fund its aid operations in Ukraine.
Major cities under assault by Russia, including the capital Kyiv, are at risk of being cut off from vital supplies.
Poland says 100,000 refugees have crossed its border from Ukraine since Russia invaded on Thursday, with the UN estimating a similar number are internally displaced.
Some 50,000 have also poured into Hungary and Romania, with thousands more crossing into Moldova.
Zelenskyy said he asked the UN chief to strip Russia of its vote at the UN Security Council as punishment for the invasion.
Source: DW
