Situation Update - MARCH 2024

• In 2024, more than 660 humanitarian organizations assisted 8.4 million people across Ukraine under 
  the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which was 73 per cent funded.

• Throughout 2024, repeated attacks damaged or destroyed energy infrastructure and disrupted essential services like water, gas and heating. Homes, hospitals, and schools were also damaged.

• In the regions of eastern, southern and north-eastern Ukraine, intensified fighting shifted the front line, forcing more people to flee.

• Continued attacks impacted the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach affected people with emergency assistance and services. Fifty-three humanitarian workers were killed or injured in 2024, including 10 aid workers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

• By January 2025, nearly 980,000 people received winter-related assistance under the 2024-2025 Winter Response Plan, including support for winter energy, non-food winter supplies and uninterrupted health care during the cold season. 

• In 2024, a steady stream of attacks across Ukraine impacted the ability of humanitarian organizations to reach the people affected with emergency assistance and services.

• Humanitarian agencies and partners reported 310 incidents affecting humanitarian operations in the country, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023.

• During the year, 53 humanitarian workers were killed or injured, including 10 aid workers killed in the line of duty.

• For more information, download the 2024 Humanitarian Access Snapshot.
   

In 2024, more than 660 humanitarian organizations assisted 8.4 million people across Ukraine under the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, which was 73 per cent funded as of the end of December.
Humanitarians reached 99 per cent of the people planned for assistance with essential aid and services such as food, shelter, medical care, protection, child-focused programming and other interventions.

Humanitarian actors focused on the hardest-hit front-line regions, where needs were higher. However, intensified fighting and administrative barriers (such as military conscription) slowed down humanitarian efforts to assist people in need.

In addition, increased security risks and funding constraints impacted the ability of partners to reach vulnerable people, including older persons and those with disabilities.

For more information, download the Response and Funding Year-End 2024 Analysis.
 

Three years of full-scale war: with no respite in sight, aid remains a lifeline for millions of people

"I didn’t want to leave until the very end. A community stands as long as someone lives in it but falls apart when its residents leave. But then my house was destroyed," says Nataliia, 67, showing pictures of the ruins of her home in Rubizhne, Luhansk Region.

Like millions of other Ukrainians over the last three years, Nataliia had no choice but to uproot her life and begin again. She now lives in a collective shelter in Odesa, with support from the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF).

As Ukraine enters the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion, an estimated 36 per cent of the population will require humanitarian assistance in 2025. 

But despite the danger, humanitarians continue to deliver. Every day, more than 600 organizations – most of them Ukrainian NGOs – demonstrate the resilience and strength of local communities. Their leadership in crisis response is a testament to the power of solidarity and determination, proving that even in the darkest times, help can reach people who need it most.

At the launch of the 2025 Ukraine Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, ERC Tom Fletcher said: “As humanitarians, we are committed to stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. Ultimately, we must redouble efforts to bring this war to an end so that the Ukrainian people can build their future with security, justice and opportunity.” 

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