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Ukraine. When war broke out in Ukraine, Dmytro Myshenin’s life changed overnight. A successful businessman exporting furniture and solid fuels, he suddenly found himself at the epicentre of a...

Ukraine | 2025 | CBPF Ukraine, Sumy region. Olena never imagined she would have to leave her home in Druzhba, a quiet town in Ukraine’s Sumy region, just 5 km from the Russian Federation border. Life...

Ukraine | 2024 | CBPF Ukraine, Vysokopillia. “I live alone here. The only water I had was not drinkable – it was very salty. I would go and collect it from my neighbour’s wells instead, carrying two...

Ukraine | 2024 | CBPF Ukraine, Chernihivska Oblast. Valentyna Tapekba has been breeding quail for about eight years. “My son has low haemoglobin,” she explains, and hearing that quails’ eggs can help...

Ukraine | 2024 | CBPF Ukraine, Kherson. Elyzaveta is 83 years old and has lived in Kherson City her whole life. As a young woman, she worked on a collective farm. She raised two sons with her...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine. As Ukraine endures yet another new wave of attacks amid a harsh winter, humanitarian workers are tirelessly supporting the most affected people, especially in the...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine. When war reached Kharkiv in February 2022, Nadiia took shelter in the basement of her former home. “It was very cold and humid in the basement, but it was the only way...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine, Poltava. Maia Kondratenko, 73, fled Sloviansk nine years ago when armed conflict first began in eastern Ukraine. The city of Poltava is now her home. With more...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine, Kharkiv. The war in Ukraine continues to bring daily destruction across the country, severely impacting and disrupting the health-care sector. WHO has recorded over...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine. Throughout 2023, the war continued to wreak havoc in Ukraine. Civilians, including children, were killed and injured. Livelihoods were disrupted, while prolonged (and...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine, Odesa and elsewhere. Yuliya Halayda is director of a school in Odesa. When a missile attack struck the city, the school lost electrical power. The war has damaged...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine, Kharkivka, Mykolaivska, and Khersonska oblasts. The war has devastated Ukraine’s agriculture and food production, disrupted supply chains, and increased production...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine, Irpin. The war in Ukraine has put vulnerable groups of people at even more risk. With family situations in flux, children and elders are at particular risk of abuse,...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine, Donetsk region. “We used to have a lot of plans. Now we don’t plan anything,” says Mary, an engineer (not her real name), who lives in a village outside Chasiv Yar. ...

Ukraine | 2023 | CERF Ukraine, Dnipropetrovska oblast. A friendly black dog dashes around Liubov Yakovleva’s backyard farm , greeting any and all visitors with a wag of not just his tail but his...

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Ukraine | 2022 | CBPF 12 Jul 2022 By Saviano Abreu and Viktoriya Hrubas, in Ukraine Andrii, a driver with the Ukrainian NGO Proliska, explains how he navigates tremendous challenges to evacuate...

Ukraine | 2022 | CBPF ‍Ukraine. The invasion of Ukraine has caused widespread death, destruction, displacement and suffering since last February, and left at least 17.6 million people urgently...

Ukraine | 2023 | CBPF Ukraine. Basic personal care is a critical need for people who have had to leave their homes and livelihoods behind. And since the war began, the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF)...

Ukraine | 2022 | CERF Ukraine. OCHA's pooled funds – the Central Emergency Response Fund and the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund - have worked together since the war began to deliver life-saving help to...