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UNHCR delivers vital winter aid in eastern Ukraine
9 Nov 2015 A convoy of nine trucks brought supplies including plastic sheeting, timber and blankets to civilians in Luhansk, a city in eastern Ukraine that is beyond government control. -
Ukraine: Aid delivered to area not controlled by government for first time in weeks
1 Sep 2015 Horvlika and other nearby areas north of Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine saw heavy fighting in August. -
UNHCR delivers aid amid worsening conditions in eastern Ukraine
10 Mar 2015 Conditions in northern Donetsk and in Luhansk are particularly dire, with the supply of water and electricity often disrupted by shelling and rocket attacks. -
Ukraine: An 81-year-old's pain at being forced from home by conflict
4 Mar 2015 Larissa and her daughter lived in Shyrokyno, a small town on the Azov Sea. Once there were 1,000 people there. Now only six are left. -
Generosity of Ukrainians helps displaced face winter cold
11 Feb 2015 Ukrainians spare no efforts to help compatriots who fled war in eastern Ukraine –providing them with shelter, food and clothes. But the displaced still need jobs. -
Ukraine internal displacement nears 1 million as fighting escalates in Donetsk region
6 Feb 2015 Ukraine puts the number of registered IDPs at 980,000. Also, 600,000 Ukrainians have sought asylum or other forms of legal stay in neighbouring countries. -
UNHCR assists victims of shelling in southern Ukrainian town of Mariupol
26 Jan 2015 The UN refugee agency distributes enough sheeting to help more than 1,000 people whose homes were damaged or destroyed when the port town came under fire. -
UNHCR calls for unimpeded access in eastern Ukraine
23 Jan 2015 Concerns over government measures worsening plight of displaced, creating conditions for major humanitarian crisis -
Displaced families in Ukraine rely on the kindness of strangers
6 Jan 2015 Ukrainians rally to provide everything from dishes to beds for citizens displaced by war. A glimpse of how one family copes in an office-turned-dormitory.