Cartes / Infographies

The humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine remains critical. The hostilities picked up again on both sides of the ‘contact line’ after a relative lull in January, while harsh weather conditions, with temperatures plummeting to below -20…

Overview On several occasions in February more than five hundred of men, women, elderly and children were forced to stay overnight in highly insecure areas nearby or at the EECPs, as they were not able to cross…

January was marked by brief flare ups of hostilities and sporadic localized fighting particularly towards the end of the month. Damage to critical infrastructure, including gas pipelines and powerlines, meant that water supply for 4.2 million…

Overview Some 0.9 million individual crossings were recorded in January – a 15 per cent decrease compared to the previous month. Lack of adequate sanitary facilities, heating points and long waiting hours at all EECPs across the…

Overview Despite difficult winter conditions, people continued to cross the 457-km long ‘contact line’ through the five EECPs to access social services, pensions, basic goods and services, with nearly 1.1 million individual crossings recorded in December 2017.…

Despite a ceasefire over the New Year, which came into force on the 23 December, there has been an escalation in hostilities in Novoluhanske village* since 18 December, resulting in at least eight civilian injuries and…

OVERVIEW In November 2017 there were 4.4 million men, women and children affected by the armed conflict in east Ukraine, of whom 3.4 million required humanitarian assistance and protection. Despite sustained efforts to negotiate a ceasefire, conflict-related civilian…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The third quarter of 2017 was marked with two ceasefi res – one in June to allow safe harvest and the other at the end of August to allow a safe resumption of schooling season.…

Overview The human cost of ongoing conflict continues to take a heavy toll, as localized clashes are recorded daily in settlements along the ‘contact line’. OHCHR verifies that at least five civilians were killed and 19 injured…

OVERVIEW In September, overall trend of decreasing conflict-related civilian casualties, observed since June 2017, continued following a peak in May. OHCHR verifies that despite ongoing hostilities, number of civilian casualties recorded in September with 2 deaths and…