Ukraine

Many communities in eastern Ukraine have been exposed to extreme levels of violence with heavy weapons, the remnants of which have been left behind in devastated towns and villages.
UNICEF Ukraine

UNICEF launches Ukraine mine awareness campaign amid ongoing civil conflict

31 March 2015
An estimated 109 Ukrainian children have been injured and 42 others killed by landmines and unexploded ordinance resulting from the Eastern European country's ongoing civil conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today as it reported on the recent launch of its lifesaving mine awareness campaign.
Residents walk along the main road of Nikishino village in eastern Ukraine.
UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

Ukraine crisis taking heaviest toll on women, children and elderly – UN officials

19 March 2015
Women, children and the elderly are disproportionately bearing the devastating impact of the protracted conflict in Ukraine, which has left five million people in need of humanitarian assistance, senior United Nations officials said today, as they stressed the “grave and urgent need” to scale up international relief efforts.
A family of Ukrainians return to their home area in eastern Ukraine, after receiving aid from UNHCR.
UNHCR/A. McConnell

Ukraine: UN aid agency concerned by ‘dire’ conditions facing civilians in conflict areas

10 March 2015
The United Nations refugee agency said today that it is “extremely concerned” about the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine, particularly in areas controlled by anti-government forces, with the civilian population in those areas now lacking access to benefits and services previously provided by the central authorities.
The Security Council discusses the situation in Ukraine.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Ukraine: 'the road ahead will be difficult' UN political chief tells Security Council in briefing

6 March 2015
As the Security Council this morning met to hear briefings from top United Nations officials on the political, humanitarian and human rights situations in Ukraine, members heard that the eastern part of the country remains “in limbo.”
A reminder of the deadly destruction in the conflict in Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
WFP/Abeer Etefa

Ukraine death toll hits 6,000 amid ongoing fighting – UN

2 March 2015
The estimated death toll caused by the continuing fighting in Ukraine has now surpassed the 6,000 mark, the United Nations human rights office confirmed today, amid broader warnings that the country stands on the brink of a “new and very deadly chapter” in its conflict.