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Ukraine: Humanitarian Situation Monitoring: Evolution of Needs (July-October 2024), December 2024 [EN/UK]

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  • The humanitarian situation in settlements within 100km of the frontline/border worsened somewhat between July and October 2024 in all sectors except WASH, with needs becoming reportedly more severe. More settlements were identified to have some level of unmet needs in two or more sectors, although the severity of these needs remained generally low - with the exception of Donetska and Kharkivska.

  • The situation greatly deteriorated in Donetska: while unmet sectoral needs were already present in the oblast in July, they became more severe over time as the security situation deteriorated. The severity of vulnerability across two or more sectors remained very high only in Donetska, with possibly life-threatening needs in multiple sectors identified in frontline settlements in both oblasts. For other assessed oblasts, while vulnerability across two or more sectors generally increased slightly, HSM recorded an improvement of the situation in certain sectors (drinking water, housing in Khersonska).

  • Unmet protection needs remained the most widespread and severe sectoral needs in all assessed oblasts, by far. Unmet protection needs were the main drivers of multisectoral needs for residents of settlements assessed by HSM.