Reports

HIGHLIGHTS Situation overview: An assessment mission to Donetsk conducted by UNHCR between 19-22 February reconfirmed huge humanitarian needs. Scale-up of humanitarian presence in the east is urgently required. People are living in basements, bomb shelters or under…

By Meghan Mast WINNIPEG, Man. – Olga Mykhailov was seven months pregnant when she and her husband Andrei decided to flee their home in Donetsk, Ukraine. They could feel the impact of bombs dropping as the conflict…

The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supporting the organisations behind the “For Ukraine!” campaign: the NGO Ukrainian Cultural Centre, NGO Mondo and NGO Estonia Refugee Council with a total of 30 000 euros, providing each…

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 net flow considerably decreased confirming OM’s predicted return movement into…

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

“Look, son, it hit here. There as well,” says Valerie, and points to holes made by mortar shells around her house. One grenade formed a crater next to the goat pen, another punched through an iron…

Conflict in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 5,000 lives and destroyed many more. According to UN figures, the confrontation has now displaced more than a million people. The town of Debaltsevo, upon which some of…

Foreign minister Bert Koenders has earmarked an additional €3.5 million for the monitoring mission being conducted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE has deployed the monitors …

The ongoing conflict in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions is also severely affecting the agriculture sector. Many farming enterprises are reported to have lost a part of their winter wheat harvest around June-July 2014. Spring crops…

SUMMARY On 04 March 2015 at 07:21hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 83 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the…