Humanitarian Snapshot March 20200424
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UKRAINE Humanitarian Snapshot As of 26 May 2020 CIVILIAN CASUALTIES DURING APRIL 2020 2020 HRP: REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING* In its 7th year, the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine continues to take civilian lives and generate considerable humanitarian needs. The casualties Mine and UXO changing political situation and the conflict dynamic, coupled with the 10 reported 3 related casualties global COVID-19 pandemic, have required a swift adjustment of the REQUIREMENTS (US$) FUNDED (US$) UNMET (US$) humanitarian response to meet the needs of the affected populations. In 13% FUNDED 205M 25M 180M January 2020, the humanitarian community requested US$158 million to 3 7 COVID-19 COVID-19 COVID-19 reach 2 million in need of humanitarian assistance and protection deaths injuries requirement funded unmet services. As of April, this requirement has increased by $47 million to 47M 7M 40M incorporate new activities to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 INCIDENTS AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES pandemic in eastern Ukraine. DURING APRIL 2020 45M additional funding provided to projects outside 2020 HRP OPERATIONAL UPDATES incidents against security incidents* Funding by Cluster Funding requirements Funding status The implementation of restrictive measures to contain the spread of 6 water facilities 562 (% and million US$) (million US$) (million US$) COVID-19, coupled with ongoing conflict hostilities, has dramatically Source: WASH Cluster Source: INSO Education 5% 8.3 0.4 impacted eastern Ukraine. pedestrian A sharp increase in the number of civilian casualties has recently been incidents against Food Security сrossings and Livelihoods 5% 27.1 0.9 observed, with 11 new civilian casualties recorded during the first six days of 5 education facilities 143 May, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Source: Education Cluster * In Donetska and Luhanska oblasts Human Rights (OHCHR). Health 16% 38.9 3.2 A record high number of security incidents impacting education facilities in HOTSPOT MAP Protection 3% 55.9 1.0 nine months (since July 2019) was reported in April, with five of such ! ! Milove occurrences recorded. Since 2014, over 750 education facilities have been Shelter/NFI BELARUS Starobilsk 1% ! 26.6 0.3 RUSSIAN FEDERATION impacted by hostilities. POLAND Bilovodsk Kyiv ! SLOVAKIA WASH Kreminna 7% 32.5 1.4 The Government of Ukraine has extended the quarantine until 22 June and ! HUNGARY Lyman ! Novoaidar presented a five-stage phase-out plan. The 1st stage commenced on 11 May, MOLDOVA ! SEA OF AZOV ROMANIA Sloviansk ! Common services with an opening of some public places and businesses subject to strict BLACK SEA 25% 6.3 1.6 SERBIA BULGARIA and support sanitation rules. In non-Government controlled areas (NGCA), the ‘high alert’ Oleksandrivka ! Slovianoserbsk Stanytsia ! Luhanska regimes have remained largely in place, with the easing of some provisions. Popasna ! Multipurpose Bakhmut ! 1% 9.0 0.1 ! Cash Kostiantynivka !P ! Dobropillia Luhansk Unemployment and socioeconomic vulnerabilities soar nationwide as the ! Perevalsk ! Lutuhyne quarantine measures prolong. The conflict-affected oblasts are feared to be ! Cluster not specified 16.0 Sorokyne Pokrovsk ! harder hit, with the pre-existing unemployment rate highest in Ukraine. In April, ! the number of people in GCA registered as unemployed rose by almost 50 per Yasynuvata Antratsyt TOTAL 205 24.9 1 ! ! Shakhtarsk Dovzhansk cent, compared to the same period in 2019. Almost half a million people living Donetsk ! ! in NGCA, including some 300,000 pensioners, are no longer able to recover !P Marinka ! 2020 ALLOCATIONS their pensions or withdraw cash in GCA due to the closure of the ‘contact line’ Velyka Novosilka ! Amvrosiivka 0 20 40 60 80 100 in response to COVID-19. ! Starobesheve The Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) has allocated some $2 million for ! RUSSIAN FEDERATION COVID-19 response in GCA of eastern Ukraine to support elderly and is in Volnovakha An alarmingly low rate of COVID-19 sample collection was reported in ! ‘Contact Line’ as of August 2018 the process of allocating $1.9 million in NGCA to support older people and Luhanska and Donetska oblasts (GCA) due to the lack of personal protective Number of security incidents Boikivske - + other most vulnerable people. equipment and training for mobile health teams. It is feared that the low ! sample collection levels are masking the full extent of the virus's local The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)) ) has allocated some Nikolske transmission. ! $925,000 for the COVID-19 response in eastern Ukraine to be implemented Novoazovsk The boundaries, names and the designations used on this map do not imply ! by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund Manhush SJƼGMEPIRHSVWIQIRXSVEGGITXERGIb]XLI9RMXIH2EXMSRW7IGYVMX]MRGMHIRX ! SEA OF AZOV In NGCA, the testing capacity remains insufficient mainly due to limited data is provided by INSO. (UNICEF). test kits and reagents, according to WHO. * According to FTS as of 26 May 2020. Some donations are yet to be recorded, and donors and partners are invited to register donations. Funding requirements shown in this snapshot are for the original 2020 HRP and do not reflect 1. Statistics from the Employment Centres in Donetska and Luhanska oblasts, GCA. additional activities and funding required to address the COVID-19 pandemic in eastern Ukraine Creation date: 26 May 2020 Sources: OCHA, OHCHR, 2020 HRP, INSO, FTS, Clusters Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int.