UNHCR and Kharkiv Regional State Administration strengthen ongoing cooperation to support people impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion rebuild their homes and lives
Kharkiv, 22 August 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Kharkiv Regional State Administration today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to solidify and further strengthen their well-established cooperation to support people from Kharkiv region and their...
UNHCR and Donetsk Regional State Administration solidify strong cooperation to address the needs of displaced and war-affected people
Dnipro, 21 August 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Donetsk Regional State Administration today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to solidify and expand their well-established cooperation to support people from Donetsk region and their communities...
UNHCR and Luhansk Regional State Administration solidify strong cooperation to support people and communities impacted by Russia’s full-scale invasion
Dnipro, 21 August 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Luhansk Regional State Administration today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to solidify and further strengthen their ongoing cooperation to support war-affected people from the Luhansk region. As the...
Statement of UNHCR Representative
I am appalled and heartbroken to learn that one of our humanitarian colleagues, who had been working as a protection staff for our Ukrainian NGO partner, Right to Protection, was killed in the Russian missile attack on Chernihiv city centre this morning. He leaves...
A New Start: An 18-month long journey from hurt to healing
After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, 37-year-old Lavra* and her 13-year-old son, Anton, had to flee their home in a small industrial town in eastern Ukraine. However, they were not only escaping from the war. “This has been an absolute horror,” says...
Helping make Olga’s home livable again
Olga remembers the moment that war came to her neighbourhood. “We were at home, and suddenly there was a deafening sound followed by an explosive wave,” she recalls. “Immediately the windows in our kitchen shattered.” “Nobody understood what was happening – only...
Voices of Roma in war-torn Ukraine
“In the first weeks of war, we worked non-stop to support Roma people who were fleeing frontline areas in Khersonska and Mykolaivska oblasts under shelling and arriving to Odesa. We could not find a place in the collective sites for them even when spaces were...
Fresh homes and fresh starts for families in Chernihiv – welcome to UNHCR’s “Core homes”
Losing one’s home and community is devastating. But it is a reality for some 1.4 million households across Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. One-third of these homes are damaged beyond repair. In order to provide these families and...
Improving services of the Free Legal Aid Centers for undocumented people
The World Bank estimated there were 395,863 persons without an identity document (ID) in Ukraine at the end of 2021. Forced displacement due to the ongoing full-scale invasion in Ukraine can increase the risk that people are unable to prove their identity because they...