Ukraine

A hospital in Sloviansk, Ukraine, which was destroyed by shelling.
UNICEF Ukraine/Pavel Zmey

In phone call, Ban and Ukraine President discuss peace efforts amid ongoing conflict

21 April 2015
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine and continuing international efforts to mediate a peace in the war-torn region, a United Nations spokesperson has confirmed.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Mark Garten (file)

Top UN officials condemn murders of politician, journalist in Ukraine

17 April 2015
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced serious concern over recent reports regarding the killing of prominent political and media figures in Ukraine.
To escape the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a mother and her baby son took refuge in a bomb shelter in the city of Donetsk.
UNICEF/Francesca Volpi

‘Dire’ human rights situation in Ukraine likely to deteriorate further – UN

17 April 2015
The United Nations human rights office said today that it is increasingly worried that the dire situation in parts of the east of Ukraine is likely to deteriorate further due to breaches of the ceasefire and violations of the Minsk Agreement.
Displaced families from Debaltseve and surrounding areas moved to Sloviansk, Ukraine, to escape the violence and now live in a railway car at Sloviansk railway station.
WFP/Abeer Etefa

UN relief wing says 1.2 million Ukrainians uprooted by conflict, calls for more funding

15 April 2015
The United Nations humanitarian office has reported that 1.2 million people in Ukraine have now been internally displaced because of conflict in the country.
A girl waits with her mother to get hygienic supplies after leaving their home near Donetsk airport, Ukraine, to escape shelling.
UNICEF Ukraine/Pavel Zmey

UN relief wing spotlights deteriorating health situation for conflict-affected Ukrainians

7 April 2015
The deteriorating health situation for internally displaced and others impacted by the conflict in Ukraine has drawn the serious concern of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), a UN spokesperson reported today.