World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths

Seven children were wounded in the strikes, which further damaged health and energy facilities, according to Ukrainian authorities and reports from Russian-occupied areas.

In Russian-occupied areas, reports also indicate that two civilians were killed and nine were injured in the Donetsk region.

Overnight attacks damaged energy infrastructure in Poltavska, Rivnenska and Volynska oblasts, disrupting the power supply, according to Ukrainian authorities.

Hostilities also caused power cuts in six frontline areas, while emergency power outages were also reported in Kyiv.

Scrambling to reach frontline communities

UN agencies continue to support communities in frontline areas of Ukraine, where reaching them is complicated or dangerous.

A UN Department of Safety and Security team delivered relief supplies on Wednesday to a community close to the contact line in the Zaporizhzhia region, where they described…