: Humanitarian Snapshot - 2017 Estimated Needs (as of 28 November 2016)

OVERVIEW CHECKPOINTSCONCENTRATION MAP OF NEEDS* PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE The cumulative impact of the conflict over the past 2.5 years has BELARUS TOTAL POPULATION POLAND RUSSIAN eroded people’s coping capacity, increasing their vulnerabilities. FEDERATION Kyiv GOVERNMENT With no solution in sight, an estimated 4.4 million are now affected CONTROLLED AREAS by the conflict. Of these, 3.8 million need humanitarian assistance. SLOVAKIA Velykyi Their needs are different in sectors, types and scales. The ‘contact HUNGARY Burluk MOLDOVA M ROMANIA SEA OF 45 line’ between Government-controlled and non-Government AZOV Troitske M PeBcLAhenCK ihy 1.2 SEA controlled areas (GCA & NGCA) has become a de-facto border SERBIA and the five official crossing points are overloaded. In 2016, some BULGARIA Shevchenkove 700,000 people travel across the ‘contact line’ every month in order Kharkivska PEOPLE AFFECTED NON-GOVERNMENT to maintain family ties, look after property, access markets, health Bilokurakyne Novopskov Markivka CONTROLLED AREAS care and social payments in GCA. In addition to security threats, Svatove the humanitarian situation at the checkpoints, where waiting Borova Milove periods at times exceed 20 hours, regularly escalates due to heat Starobilsk M M Bilovodsk 2.3 Luhanska 4.4 waves in summer and the extremely harsh winter conditions, when reduced opening hours further slows down traffic, creating Kreminna additional bottlenecks. 2016 saw a worrisome deterioration of the Lyman Novoaidar PEOPLE IN NEED protection environment caused by continuous fighting, protracted Sloviansk displacement and suspension of social benefits and pensions. OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Oleksandrivka IDPs IN GOVERNMENT Socio-economic exclusion for people living in NGCAs and along Slovianoserbsk Stanytsia Luhanska CONTROLLED AREAS Popasna the ‘contact line’, disruptions/loss of income and livelihoods across Bakhmut Luhansk Kostiantynivka eastern conflict area, and higher cost of living trigger unsafe Petropavlivka Dobropillia ** returns and have a knock-on effect on other aspects, including Perevalsk 3.8 M Lutuhyne 0.3 M access to healthcare. Despite persistent needs, an improvement is Mezhova Pokrovsk Sorokyne observed in food security, education, shelter and non-food item Dnipropetrovska sectors, which may be partially attributed to the humanitarian Yasynuvata Antratsyt **Ministry of Social Policy (MoSP) countrywide registered 1.7 million IDPs. All of them need different types of assistance. Between 0.8-1 million IDPs reside Shakhtarsk Dovzhansk permanently in GCA, while others move frequently across the ‘contact line’ and, for the purpose of the HNO, are accounted for in the population figure of those assistance provided and the relatively calmer security situation, Donetsk living in NGCA. Among those living in GCA, 0.3 million IDPs, the most vulnerable, are in need of humanitarian assistance. Marinka among other factors. However, this positive development remains Velyka fragile while insecurity, access constraints and limited resources Novosilka PEOPLE IN NEED BY SECTOR Amvrosiivka continue to present major challenges. Donetska Starobesheve IN NEED AFFECTED Volnovakha PRIORITIES Protection 2.9 M 4.4 M RUSSIAN Boikivske Bilmak Rozivka FEDERATION Protection M Zaporizka Water, Sanitation & Hygiene 3.7 4.1 M Nikolske

Novoazovsk Manhush 0 10 20 M Access km Health and Nutrition 2.2 4.1 M SEA OF AZOV 'Contact Line' as of June 2016 Berdiansk M Emergency Shelter, Water Concentration of needs Food Security and Livelihood 1.1 3.5 M

& Health - + 0.6 M M *The ‘Concentration of Needs’ map shows locations where sectoral needs overlap and potentially compound each other, Shelter/NFI 2.4 Disrupted livelihoods, combined with security hotspots in 2016. The darker blue areas, concentrated along the ‘contact line’, indicate a higher level of criticality. The map also shows that the humanitarian situation in NGCAs continues to be of serious concern, and that, in areas nding durable solutions further away from the ‘contact line’ (including in NGCAs), the concentration of needs across sectors is less evident. This reaffirms multi-sector and other assessments’ findings, which show that while ‘pockets’ of humanitarian needs still exist, development and Education 0.6 M 0.6 M recovery actions are also warranted. This map does not substitute cluster specific severity maps included in the HNO. TIMELINE OF EVENTS 4.5 M November 2013 March 2014 June 2014 September 2014 February 2015 September 2015 February0 2016 October 201642 Protests commence in Kyiv Crimea Crisis erupts Ceasere agreement reached, Minsk protocol signed Minsk II signed. Provisions Revamped ceasere marks the Suspension of social Fighting picks up again however, violence continued include facilitation of start of the school year benets and pensions to disproportionately aecting humanitarian assistance. some 600,000 IDPs civilians in the area Revised HRP launched

February 2014 April 2014 August 2014 January 2015 July 2015 February 2016 September 2016 President Viktor Yanukovych Armed groups take Preliminary Response Plan A Temporary Order by GoU De facto authorities require e Ministry of Temporary Renewed ceasere ees following mass protests control of parts of launched limits Freedom of Movement ‘accreditation/registration’ i Occupied Territories and agreements bring a short lull in Kyiv the eastern Donbas region and introduces ban on com- n NGCAs. Humanitarian aid d IDPs was established mercial supplies to NGCAs elivery to NGCAs is suspended

Creation date: 28 November 2016 Sources: INSO, OCHA, OHCHR, UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, WFP Feedback: [email protected] Website: www.unocha.org |https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/ukraine