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Ukraine

Ukraine Humanitarian Situation Report #8 - 30 April 2014

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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