UN seeks $4.2 billion for humanitarian aid for Ukraine
- 15 January, 05:01
The UN and its partners have appealed for $4.2 billion from donors to provide humanitarian aid to millions of Ukrainians, saying that people on the front lines have “exhausted their meager resources” and many refugees also are vulnerable.
Some 40% of Ukraine's population, roughly 14.6 million people, will be in need of humanitarian assistance in Ukraine this year, the UN said.
Martin Griffiths, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator at the OCHA, said: “Hundreds of thousands of children live in communities on the frontlines of the war, terrified, traumatised and deprived of their basic needs. That fact alone should compel us to do everything we can to bring more humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.” He reminded that 3.3 million Ukrainians lived in the frontline areas in the east, including in Russian-occupied territories of the country.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has traveled to Switzerland on Monday, as Ukraine tries to secure stable support from allies as the war against Russia approaches its second anniversary.
