EU not eyeing strategy of returning displaced Ukrainians - MFA Spain
The strategy of returning Ukrainian refugees to their homeland is not yet being discussed in the European Union.
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17 January 2024
16 January 2024
Russia eyes asylum seekers as potential intelligence assets – Finland’s counterintelligence
Finland's security police (SUPO) says Russia’s intelligence is running a recruitment campaign targeting asylum seekers intending to cross into Finland to turn them into spies.
15 January 2024
UN presents Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Ukraine for 2024
The United Nations has presented the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Ukraine for 2024.
Estonia will not deport Ukrainian men of conscription age - Kallas
The Estonian government is not planning to deport Ukrainian men of conscription age to Ukraine.
How Russia abducts Ukrainian children – Reuters special report
Reuters has recently published a large-scale report on how Russian officials and their collaborators spirit away Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied areas.
14 January 2024
Meeting in Davos: Lubinets calls for consolidated efforts to return home all captured Ukrainians
At the fourth meeting of advisers in Davos, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets has called on the international community to immediately consolidate efforts to return home all Ukrainians illegally taken by Russian invaders.
Kherson region needs heating appliances – governor
Local residents in the Kherson region need heating appliances. This issue is expected to be resolved in the near future so that people can stay warm.
Another 31 civilians evacuated from de-occupied Kherson region
Thirty-one more people have been evacuated from the de-occupied areas of the Kherson region, including four children.
Heat, power supply restored in Sumy region’s Shostka following Russian missile attack
Heat, power and gas supply services have been restored in the houses affected by Russia’s air and missile attack on the Sumy region’s Shostka, which took place on January 13, 2024.
Heat, power supply restored in Sumy region’s Shostka following Russian missile attack
Heat, power and gas supply services have been restored in the houses affected by Russia’s air and missile attack on the Sumy region’s Shostka, which took place on January 13, 2024.
12 January 2024
Ancient graffiti to be digitized in St. Sophia of Kyiv Conservation Area
The National Conservation Area "St. Sophia of Kyiv" has launched a project to digitally document the graffiti array of the eleventh and early eighteenth centuries.
Ambassador to Ireland met with leaders of Ukrainian communities in County Kerry
Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland Larysa Gerasko discussed ways to strengthen the joint work of the Embassy and the Ukrainian community with leaders of Ukrainian communities in County Kerry and representatives of non-governmental organizations that provide assistance to displaced Ukrainians.
Almost UAH 660M allocated from budget in 2023 to help POWs, families
In 2023, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories transferred UAH 658 million for government payments to prisoners of war and their families.
11 January 2024
Zelensky on Ukrainian men staying abroad: They should be in Ukraine, to help Ukraine
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, says when the issue is being raised of having male Ukrainian citizens of conscription age return from abroad, this not necessarily about drafting them to the army, it is also about having them work and pay taxes in Ukraine to support the nation’s Army.
Zelensky, Nausėda visit Ukrainian Center in Vilnius
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady of Lithuania Diana Nausėdienė visited the Ukrainian Center in Vilnius and met with the Ukrainian community.
Spain donates two medical armored vehicles to Ukraine
Ukraine has received two medical armored vehicles from Spain, equipped to provide medical care and evacuate the wounded.
Ukraine receives six ambulances, medicines, baby food from international partners
As part of humanitarian aid efforts, Ukraine has received six ambulances, medicines and baby food from international partners.
10 January 2024
"Divide and demoralize" - British expert explains how Russian propaganda manipulates patriotism of Ukrainians
Russian propaganda is most successful where it acknowledges Ukrainian patriotism and seeks to manipulate it.
Almost one million children in Ukraine do not have safe access to education - UN
Almost one million war-affected children do not have safe and reliable access to continue their education, which will jeopardize the future of an entire generation.
Can someone who has not fought understand military?
Crisis psychology training in Kropyvnytskyi teaches how to provide additional psychological assistance to people who have been in the area of active hostilities
This year, UN mission set to attract $3B for humanitarian support to Ukraine
The UN mission received $3 billion for humanitarian response in Ukraine in 2023 and will apply for the same level of funding in 2024.
UN mission to focus on helping Ukrainians living close to frontline
In 2024, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will focus on providing assistance to Ukrainians living near the front lines and will involve many other actors, especially colleagues from other UN agencies, to complement these efforts and help people with recovery.
Saviano Abreu, Spokesperson of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Despite the competition, OCHA still has the largest funding globally to help Ukrainians
Only 5% of businesses returned to Kherson region after de-occupation
Only 5% of businesses returned to the Kherson region after the de-occupation.
09 January 2024
Zakarpattia border guards receive three trucks from Czech donors
Border guards of the Chop detachment received three trucks from donors in the Czech Republic.
Over 14M Ukrainians need humanitarian aid - UN
More than 14.6 million people – 40 % of the population in Ukraine – will need humanitarian assistance this year, according to the United Nations estimates.
Japan, UNFPA buy 70 tons of medicines for almost 100 maternity hospitals across Ukraine
The Government of Japan and the Representative Office of the United Nations Population Fund in Ukraine jointly purchased 70 tons of medical supplies for 93 maternity hospitals in Ukraine.
Modena City Hall revokes permit to hold propaganda exhibit about occupied Mariupol - MFA
The mayor's office in the Italian city of Modena withdrew a permit to hold a propaganda exhibition about occupied Mariupol.
Stop Russian Terror: Thousands rally in Warsaw, demanding more aid for Ukraine from EU
Nearly 3,000 people gathered on Monday outside the European Commission's representative office in Warsaw to call on Europe and the whole world to support Ukraine more actively in the face of Russia’s renewed massive strikes targeting Ukrainian settlements.