Informes

BELGRADE, 23 March 2015 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today expressed his concern over an increase in fighting in southeast Ukraine and urged all sides to respect the ceasefire. “An outbreak of heavy…

By Natalia Ojewska WROCLAW, 23 March 2015 (IRIN) - During nearly a year of conflict between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine, neighbouring Poland has received less than 3,000 of the 674,000 Ukrainians that…

Highlights While the ceasefire generally continues to hold, humanitarian needs remain high across eastern Ukraine. Reports of incidents related to unexploded ordnance are on the increase. Mine and UXO/ERW contamination is a major issue, especially as planting season is…

KYIV, 23 March, 2015 - The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has observed intensified fighting in and around the village of Shyrokyne in Donetsk region which has led to further deaths and injuries, as well as displacement…

This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third…

This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both BCPs. The overall cross-border traffic increased at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The OM continued…

Highlights: • Internal displacement continues to increase in Ukraine, with 1,151,581 people having fled the eastern part of the country, of whom 147,339 are children (Source: Ministry of Social Policy). • The humanitarian situation continues to be of…

The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed…

KIEV – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday it had reached Luhansk city with three convoys this month, providing food assistance to nearly 10,000 stranded civilians for the first time since December. WFP…

Oleksandr Osinskiy is OCHA’s Humanitarian Advisor based in his war-battered hometown of Donetsk, Ukraine. He has lived and worked in Donetsk all his life. In his current assignment with OCHA, he sees the situation in Ukraine…