After four years of destruction and the coldest winter yet, UNHCR’s Salih urges support for Ukraine
KYIV – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, today urged sustained international solidarity and stronger support for Ukrainians awaiting much-needed peace. HC Salih travelled to Ukraine as the full-scale invasion enters its fifth year with...
Attacks continue to force displacement from frontline areas in Ukraine
Humanitarian needs soar as more people are evacuated or flee relentless Russian attacks in frontline regions. Supporting them remains a top priority for UNHCR and its local NGO partners By Elisabeth Haslund and Chadi Ouanes Even with two small children and pregnant...
UNHCR responds to the latest wave of deadly attacks in Ukraine
This is a summary of what was said by Karolina Lindholm Billing, UNHCR Representative in Ukraine- to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA – Yesterday, 24 April, Kyiv residents woke up to...