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Ukraine internal displacement nears 1 million as fighting escalates in Donetsk region
6 Feb 2015 Ukraine puts the number of registered IDPs at 980,000. Also, 600,000 Ukrainians have sought asylum or other forms of legal stay in neighbouring countries. -
UNHCR assists victims of shelling in southern Ukrainian town of Mariupol
26 Jan 2015 The UN refugee agency distributes enough sheeting to help more than 1,000 people whose homes were damaged or destroyed when the port town came under fire. -
UNHCR calls for unimpeded access in eastern Ukraine
23 Jan 2015 Concerns over government measures worsening plight of displaced, creating conditions for major humanitarian crisis -
Displaced families in Ukraine rely on the kindness of strangers
6 Jan 2015 Ukrainians rally to provide everything from dishes to beds for citizens displaced by war. A glimpse of how one family copes in an office-turned-dormitory. -
Déjà vu for Ukrainian grandpa displaced by war
18 Dec 2014 From his hospital bed, a Ukrainian man tells UNHCR his boyhood began in war and, to his distress, his old age is also dominated by conflict. -
Ukraine conflict uproots hundreds of thousands
5 Dec 2014 Some 514,000 people have been internally displaced by fighting while hundreds of thousands have fled to Russia and other neighbouring states. -
The approach of winter threatens thousands of displaced Ukrainians
4 Dec 2014 As fighting in the eastern Ukraine drives thousands from their homes, UNHCR staff and local volunteers hand out food, clothing, and assistance to the needy. -
A warm welcome for displaced Ukrainians in Russia's Rostov region
31 Oct 2014 Widow Lidia receives a small amount of money from the government to compensate for helping two families, but acts above all out of a sense of solidarity and humanitarianism. -
Winter looms as fighting continues to displace people in Ukraine
24 Oct 2014 UNHCR plans to distribute additional winter clothes and blankets in coming weeks, as well as providing reinforced tarpaulin sheets for roof repairs in eastern Ukraine.