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Dear John,
Sadly, we are more than two months into the war in Ukraine with no diplomatic solution in sight. Almost one third of the Ukrainian population - some 14 million people - have now been forced to flee their homes within and outside Ukraine, while 13 million remain in difficult to access areas.
Despite the heavy fighting that continues across eastern and southern Ukraine, we are determined to provide essential relief within Ukraine wherever and whenever we can.
UNHCR, as part of the inter-agency humanitarian convoys, has reached almost 68,000 people in the hardest hit areas with life–saving assistance since the start of the war through humanitarian convoys. Our staff in Zaporizhia have been providing urgent cash assistance and frontline support to people who have recently been evacuated from Mariupol.
Throughout Ukraine, we are directly speaking to people who have experienced the trauma of bombardment and separation from their homes and loved ones, to provide support in difficult days and discover what their most urgent needs are and to deliver aid accordingly. We are on the ground at border crossing points and in key locations where people have fled, to ensure they receive the protection support they need, including legal aid, psychosocial support, counselling and social support. So far we have helped almost 170,000 people.
We are rolling out direct cash assistance across the country and have now managed to reach over 331,000 people in ten regions so that families who have been displaced can spend the money on what they need the most.
We are visiting areas like Irpin, Bucha and Borodyanka, in eastern, western and central Ukraine where houses have been severely damaged, and have delivered core relief items, food assistance as well emergency shelter kits with basic construction materials and relief items such as sleeping mats, mattresses, solar lamps and kitchen sets. So far more than 420,000 people in need have received support. We are also supporting the government to expand the capacities of accommodation centres, with more than 46,000 new sleeping spaces created.
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