Informes

Crisis Overview  Fighting in Eastern Ukraine continues despite ceasefire declarations. Violence has escalated significantly since mid-January. Rocket explosions and indiscriminate shelling have killed more civilians and further destroyed infrastructure. In late January separatist groups launched an…

Appeal Target: US$332,766 Balance Requested: US$ 16,760 Geneva, 30 January 2015 Dear Colleagues, As a result of the Crimean crisis and the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine the humanitarian situation arising from this conflict has deteriorated dramatically. Fighting began…

Brussels, 29 January 2015 The European Commission is determined to make sure that Ukraine has all the support it needs, in the short and long term, to undertake the political and economic reforms that are necessary to…

A year into the conflict in Ukraine, the country faces a growing humanitarian crisis in the eastern region with thousands of children swept up in the violence. Despite the ceasefire agreement signed in early September 2014,…

By Pavol Stracansky KIEV, Jan 28 2015 (IPS) - With international organisations warning that East Ukraine is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as its health system collapses, marginalised groups are among those facing the greatest…

MARIUPOL, Ukraine, January 26 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has reacted swiftly to help people forced to flee their homes when the southern Ukrainian town of Mariupol came under rocket fire at the weekend, providing…

Highlights Displacement figures continue to grow with 921,640 people now internally displaced in Ukraine (Source: Ministry of Social Policy), of whom 136,216 are children (Source: State Emergency Service). UNICEF has set up a field office in Kharkiv city…

Highlights Indiscriminate shelling causing casualties among civilians, triggering additional displacement and destruction of infrastructure, including hospitals and water systems. Ministry of Social Policy (MoSP) registered 921,640 IDPs across Ukraine as of 21 January. Ongoing advocacy to address the issue…

As fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine to a level not seen since August, the situation for civilians caught in the conflict zone is now dire. With doctors working in hospitals close to the front line struggling…

Food, water, household items and materials The ICRC: delivered more than 2,000 tonnes of aid to areas not controlled by the Ukrainian government in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, including food and hygiene items, medical supplies, blankets and…