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“After 30 years of dedicated service at a coal mine, I was awarded the title of Honored Miner and retired. But now I’m a nobody, an empty space, a homeless person. We have lost everything,” says 73-year-old Ievhen, who, together with his 70-year-old...

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The full-fledged escalation of the war in February 2022 in Ukraine plunged 36-year-old Ali into a state of desperation. Having previously endured war in Afghanistan, Ali comprehended the far-reaching implications of large-scale military actions on the lives of...

Sumy, 23 August 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Sumy Regional State Administration today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that identifies key areas for joint support to people in Sumska oblast who are directly impacted by the full-scale invasion of...

Kharkiv, 22 August 2023 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Kharkiv Regional State Administration today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to solidify and further strengthen their well-established cooperation to support people from Kharkiv region and their...

I am appalled and heartbroken to learn that one of our humanitarian colleagues, who had been working as a protection staff for our Ukrainian NGO partner, Right to Protection, was killed in the Russian missile attack on Chernihiv city centre this morning. He leaves...

After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, 37-year-old Lavra* and her 13-year-old son, Anton, had to flee their home in a small industrial town in eastern Ukraine. However, they were not only escaping from the war. “This has been an absolute horror,” says...