Overview
- Humanitarian workers face multiple daily alarms as drone incursions intensify nighttime attacks on civilian areas and relief convoys.
- UNHCR has deployed 330 staff across five regional offices in coordination with Ukrainian ministries using official vulnerability lists.
- The agency aims to assist 2.7 million people this year with cash grants, emergency shelter repairs, psychosocial support and legal aid.
- Global funding shortfalls driven by cuts to humanitarian budgets jeopardize planned outreach, heightening reliance on donors such as Germany.
- Children’s education and wellbeing remain under threat with schooling in bunkers and repeated attacks on schools and playgrounds causing injuries and trauma.