Ukraine

A UNHCR staff member asks a displaced Ukrainian man about the situation in his native Donetsk region, which has been heavily affected by the conflict. © UNHCR/I.Zimova

Aid delivered as fighting in eastern Ukraine region escalates

6 February 2015
General News

Relief workers in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region are scrambling to deliver urgent aid to people displaced by heavy fighting in the area.

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A young displaced Ukrainian boy finds shelter from the cold in a tent in Slovyansk. His family hope to move to Kyiv after leaving the conflict-torn town of Debaltseve.
UNHCR/B. Kinashchuk

UN refugee agency says ‘over a million’ may already be displaced by eastern Ukraine violence

6 February 2015
Nearly 1 million people may have now been displaced by the conflict in eastern Ukraine, with the recent upsurge in violence causing massive destruction of buildings and infrastructure, the collapse of basic services and a spike in the numbers fleeing fighting, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Even as global attention fades, the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine is deteriorating.
UNHCR

UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ as civilian death toll from Ukraine conflict continues to rise

5 February 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced grave concern over the continuing hostilities in eastern Ukraine amid an escalating rebel offensive which has locked civilians in a zone of intense fighting.
Humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine.
UNHCR

Situation becoming “untenable” in eastern Ukraine as fighting rages

3 February 2015
General News

A protracted conflict in eastern Ukraine could make daily life “untenable” for people in the area, according to the UN human rights office, OHCHR.

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Damage caused by shelling in eastern Ukraine.
UNDP Ukraine

UN rights chief warns escalation in Ukraine fighting ‘catastrophic’ for country’s civilians

3 February 2015
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is proving “catastrophic” for the country's civilians amid escalating violence, indiscriminate shelling, and harsh winter conditions which have made life increasingly precarious for millions of civilians, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, warned today.