Reports

Highlights At least 2,249 people have been killed (including at least 23 children) and 6,033 wounded (including at least 38 children) in eastern Ukraine as of 19 August (source OHCHR). The advent of the school year on 1…

Highlights Continuing shelling hampers access to effectively assess the humanitarian situation in some parts of Eastern Ukraine. UNHCR reports 155,800 internally displaced people, one third of whom are children. The Ministry of Education reports 290 schools are partially or…

The Government decided today to provide SEK 35 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. This will go to food, medicine, blankets, etc. "At least 200 000 people in Luhansk are without water and electricity, and the mobile…

Svyatogorsk (Eastern Ukraine), 18th of August, 2014 – People in Need (PIN) has distributed baby formula and diapers to 496 children in Svyatogorsk in Eastern Ukraine. The little spa town is flooded by a daily influx…

Fighting in the north-eastern part of the Donetsk region and south-eastern areas of the Luhansk region continued. The SMM monitored the situation of the civilian population in Donetsk. The SMM met on 18 August with the rector…

In April 2014, armed groups in the Donbas region (Donetsk and Luhansk) of eastern Ukraine began to seize buildings and arms. The Government responded by launching an operation against the armed groups. As a result of…

Key Findings Anticipated scope and scale Close to 140,000 people from eastern Ukraine have been displaced, another 16,000 from Crimea. The highest numbers of IDPs are located in eastern Ukraine. Some 188,000 people have reportedly crossed into Russia since…

By Pavol Stracansky KIEV, Aug 17 2014 (IPS) - Doctors are warning of a worsening tuberculosis epidemic in Eastern Ukraine as the continuing conflict there begins to take a heavy toll on public health. With thousands of people…

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…

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…