Ukraine

A woman collects aid items at a distribution centre in Nikolayevka, eastern Ukraine. UNHCR File Photo/E. Zivatdinov

“Grim” situation in eastern Ukraine

25 June 2015
General News

The situation in eastern Ukraine is very “grim” with four million people in need of humanitarian assistance, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in the country.

Neal Walker says people are continuing to die every day due to the conflict.

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A reminder of the deadly destruction in the conflict in Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
WFP/Abeer Etefa

Ukraine: UN warns number of displaced persons and refugees on the rise

18 June 2015
The number of people fleeing their homes in Ukraine continues to rise, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, many being women with children.
UNFPA Ukraine/Olena Kulyk (file)

WHO teams deliver quality health services to displaced in Ukraine

15 June 2015
General News

Sixteen mobile emergency medical units trained by the World Health Organization (WHO) are providing quality health services to displaced people in eastern Ukraine, the UN health agency said on Friday.

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Children sit and lie on the floor while other children walk nearby, in a kindergarten in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast (province), Ukraine.
UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

UNICEF urges more funding for relief efforts in Ukraine targeting children affected by conflict

12 June 2015
Ukraine’s children once again find themselves under threat amid renewed fighting across the country’s eastern regions, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today as it warned about the growing challenges to accessibility facing the agency’s relief efforts.
In Ukraine, residents of conflict-affected Stakhanov, Luhansk oblast, collect drinking water.
UNICEF Ukraine

Ukraine: UN reports uptick in internal displacement as country’s conflict grinds on

9 June 2015
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine has soared to over one million due to the ongoing conflict in the country’s eastern regions, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today.
Residents walk along the main road of Nikishino village in eastern Ukraine.
UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

At Security Council, senior UN official urges continued political efforts to resolve Ukraine conflict

5 June 2015
The tremendous human cost of the Ukraine conflict must be first addressed through mutual respect of the Minsk ceasefire agreement and the fulfilment of its political, economic, social and humanitarian provisions, the top United Nations political official affirmed today as he briefed the Security Council on the situation in the conflict-torn Eastern European country.
Residents walk along the main road of Nikishino village in eastern Ikraine.
UNHCR Andrew McConnell (file)

“New worrying development” reported in Ukraine conflict

5 June 2015
General News

There has been a significant deterioration of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, the Security Council heard on Friday.

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A reminder of the deadly destruction in the conflict in Mykolaivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
WFP/Abeer Etefa

‘Persistent and grave’ human rights violations in eastern Ukraine – UN report

1 June 2015
Serious human rights violations and abuses persist in eastern Ukraine, including shelling, executions, arbitrary and illegal detentions, torture, ill-treatment, human trafficking and the lack of justice and accountability, as well as deprivation of economic and social rights, deeply affecting the 5 million people living in the conflict-affected areas, a new United Nations report said today.