Overview
- UNHCR says steep reductions from Germany, the United States and other governments have left millions of refugees and displaced people at risk as temperatures drop.
- The agency has launched a global drive to raise at least $35 million from private donors to fund home repairs, insulation, blankets, heating, medicines and cash assistance.
- In Ukraine, more than 12 million people are assessed to need help, while roughly 400,000 are currently receiving cash, heaters, generators and energy storage support.
- UNHCR reports intensified Russian strikes on energy infrastructure that disrupt electricity, gas and water supplies, increasing danger for front-line communities during winter.
- Because of funding pressures, UNHCR says it has reduced staff to about 12,000 and fears it may only have capacity to assist around 25 million people going forward.