ReliefWeb

Highlights

• The crisis in Eastern Ukraine escalates with increasingly violent clashes and casualties reported.
  The situation is particularly tense in Donetsk Oblast, especially in Slavyansk city.

• UNICEF launches a rapid assessment of the impact of the crisis on children in Donetsk Oblast.

• UNICEF delivers hygiene kits for displaced families and ECD kits for children.

• During the month of April, a UNICEF supported national hotline for children receives 1,378 calls, an analysis of which indicates increased levels of anxiety at the current situation by children.

• Challenges remain in the provision of government assistance to IDPs