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Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, the UN and its partners have supported people in need, from city residents who continue to face repeated drone and missile strikes, to communities close to the frontline and other evacuated away from danger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am speaking of internally displaced people\u00a0who’ve\u00a0been in collective sites for two, three years; I’m speaking\u00a0of older people and people with limited mobility,\u201d said Matthias Schmale, the UN\u2019s top aid official in Ukraine, outlining some of the priorities of Tuesday\u2019s appeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to media reports and official information from the Ukrainian authorities, over the past week alone, Russian forces launched nearly 1,100 attack drones against Ukraine, more than 890 guided aerial bombs and at least 50 missiles of various types \u2014 including ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile targeting Lviv in western Ukraine, close to the Polish border.<\/p>\n
In addition to providing core aid relief including food, health care, shelter, protection and cash assistance, other key aims of Tuesday\u2019s funding appeal include supporting the evacuation of people in imminent danger \u2013 \u201cheroic work near the front line\u201d, Mr. Schmale said, of the hundreds of UN-supported partners who carry out this lifesaving work.<\/p>\n
Front-line needs<\/h2>\n
He explained that funding is needed to assist civil society partners who respond to military strikes countrywide \u2013 but mainly within 50 kilometres of the front line \u2013helping farmers trying to survive in a war zone, along with cancer patients whose access to medicines has been disrupted by attacks impacting health care.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to continue supporting as best as we can [but] all of\u00a0this needs funding,\u201d Mr. Schmale said, highlighting the \u201cenormous civilian suffering\u201d across Ukraine, particularly as communities endure temperatures plummeting to minus 15\u00b0C in Kviv \u2013 \u201can emergency within an emergency\u201d that will likely require further funding from the international community in addition to Tuesday\u2019s appeal, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appeal in particular to the international community, to UN Member States, to other donors,\u00a0to\u00a0maintain\u00a0their solidarity with Ukraine and to express that in the form of financial support\u00a0for the work we plan to continue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Speaking in Kyiv at the launch of the appeal, Mr. Schmale highlighted an update from the UN human rights monitoring team indicating that 2025 was the deadliest year for civilians since 2022, with more than 2,500 civilians killed and more than 12,000 injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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