Reports

This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk the situation remained tense and the SMM heard repeated explosions on the city’s outskirts. Draftees protested against mobilization in Chernivtsi. The SMM has been trying to verify…

15 August 2014 – Conflict in eastern Ukraine, mainly in the areas in and around the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, has affected nearly four million people, including 156,000 internally displaced people, many of whom lack…

This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored a simultaneous release of prisoners in the Donetsk region. The Kharkiv region “has exhausted” its capacity to absorb more internally displaced persons (IDPs), according to…

Summary: 15 August 2014, Brussels - Council of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting conclusions on Ukraine The European Union is increasingly concerned at the worsening crisis in eastern Ukraine and its humanitarian impact on the…

Highlights • At least 2,119 (including at least 20 children) killed and 5,043 (including at least 30 children) wounded in east Ukraine as of 13 August; on average, at least 60 persons a day have been killed…

KYIV, 15 August 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the country’s State Emergency Service (SES) today released two public service audiovisual announcements aimed at informing people and especially children of safety rules in…

Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deploying additional staff to Russia and Ukraine and scaling up logistics arrangements in readiness for the delivery of aid to conflict-hit eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian…

Vsevolod Kritskiy The internal displacement situation in Ukraine is constantly changing due to the fast evolving nature of the conflict in the east. What started as trickle of displaced people moving from Crimea during the spring, by…

14 August 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, reiterating his urgent call to redouble political and diplomatic efforts towards a peaceful resolution in the crisis-torn country. In a telephone call last…

14 August 2014 - The humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine is deteriorating. In Lugansk, families that have not left are finding it even more difficult to get basic needs met. The city of Lugansk, Ukraine, where SOS…