Ukraine

As families were welcomed into tents in the reception area of Syria's Al-Hole camp, UNICEF immediately provided them with much-needed health and nutrition services.
UNNICEF/Delil Soleiman

News in Brief 31 January 2019

31 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Syria: ‘Violence, displacement’ and cold kill 11 infants ‘in the past two days’
  • Boom in Artificial Intelligence patents, points to ‘quantum leap’ in tech
  • UN appeals for more than $162 million in aid to Ukraine
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Living conditions of people in the conflict area in Eastern Ukraine. Stefania has been given four tons of coal by UNHCR, helping her to keep warm and cook.
© UNHCR/Anastasia Vlasova

FROM THE FIELD: Enduring freezing winter in a war zone

23 January 2019
Humanitarian Aid

In Ukraine, extreme winter cold is making life harder for thousands of people whose lives have already been torn apart by conflict. Hoping to find safer places to live, families in the region have had to endure a battle for survival, in buildings without heat or electricity.