Reports

The SMM visited Kramatorsk. The SMM visited both international border crossing-points currently operating in the Kharkiv region – Goptivka (36 km north of Kharkiv) and Pletenivka (80 km northeast of Kharkiv). In Goptivka border guards said that…

The ICRC has a delegation in Kiev, offices in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Odessa and sub-offices in Starobilsk and Mariupol. We have over 50 staff in the country, and are currently sending further specialists. Medical assistance Since April 2014,…

Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMMU) issues first thematic report on Internal displacement in Ukraine Based on about 400 interviews with internally displaced persons (IDPs), conducted by Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMMU) teams during the period…

This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of CHF 1,375,100 in cash, out of which amount CHF 317,790 has already been allocated from IFRC`s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF). History: Since the very first moment of the crisis,…

This update is for media and the general public. SUMMARY KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 13 August 2014 - The Observer Mission (OM) has reached full operational capacity. This report details the observation at the border crossing points, the opening…

This report is for media and the general public. Police in the Luhansk region accuse a volunteer military battalion of illegal detentions. Municipal officials in Pervomaiskii (90 km southwest of Kharkiv city) told the SMM that public sentiment…

Highlights • The humanitarian situation in Eastern Ukraine is worsening with further damage to electricity and water supply system, infrastructure and public buildings, including schools. • 117schoolsarepartiallyorcompletelydestroyedin Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. • TheParliamentCommissionerforHumanRightsandthe Ministry of Education and Science in…

The ICRC is seeking more information about the 280-vehicle aid convoy that left Moscow for eastern Ukraine on 12 August 2014. Laurent Corbaz, ICRC Head of Operations for Europe and Central Asia, says the organization still…

7 August 2014 – Today the Coordination Forum “Ensuring children’s rights to education in the regions affected by armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine” took place in Kyiv under the aegis of UNICEF and Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner…

European Commission - IP/14/924 12/08/2014 The European Commission is giving additional funding of €2.5 million to assist the most vulnerable people affected by the continuing fighting in Eastern Ukraine. This humanitarian aid is geared towards…