incident against education facilities in June UKRAINE Humanitarian Snapshot – September 2020 As of 30 September 2020 Despite the relative calm created by the ongoing ceasefire since 27 July CIVILIAN CASUALTIES 2020 HRP: REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING* 2020, the already fragile humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine has continued to be exacerbated by multiple shocks. First was the REQUIREMENTS (US$) FUNDED (US$) UNMET (US$) fast-deteriorating COVID-19 situation on both sides of the ‘contact line’ 205M 72M 133M casualties 35% and across Ukraine. The other was the widespread outbreak of wildfires FUNDED COVID-19 COVID-19 COVID-19 reported requirement funded unmet in late September that caused extensive damage to public and civilian 0 7 7 in September deaths injuries 47M 29M 18M property, particularly in Luhanska oblast. Meanwhile, the country is gearing up for local elections scheduled for 25 October. The local 43M additional funding provided to projects outside 2020 HRP elections will not be conducted in non-Government-controlled areas (NGCA), and 18 communities in Government-controlled areas (GCA) INCIDENTS AGAINST INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES Funding by Cluster Funding requirements Funding status have also been excluded – the majority of which are located near the (% and million US$) (million US$) (million US$) ‘contact line’. incidents against security incidents Education 25% 8.3 2.1 water facilities in September* OPERATIONAL UPDATES 0 338 Food Security in September Source: INSO and Livelihoods 5% 27.1 1.3 Extensive wildfires broke out in Luhanska oblast in late September, Source: WASH Cluster * In Donetska and Luhanska oblasts the third outbreak of 2020 and the worst on record, burning over Health 19% 38.9 7.3 20,000 hectares of land and damaging over 30 settlements in GCA. At incidents against damaged private least 11 people were reported killed and 19 others injured, while 0 education facilities 0 houses in September Protection 9% 55.9 5.1 hundreds were evacuated and relocated to safety. Some 600 houses in September were reported to have been destroyed before the fires were Source: Education Cluster Source: Shelter Cluster Shelter/NFI 15% 26.6 4.1 extinguished in early October. The fires also halted the operations of the only crossing point in Luhanska oblast at Stanytsia Luhanska (refer WASH to the September 2020 ‘Crossing Points’ snapshot for further NUMBER AND LOCATION OF SECURITY INCIDENTS 13% 32.5 4.3 information). Outbreaks of localized wildfires were also reported in (SEPTEMBER 2020) Common Services and Support 38% 6.3 2.4 NGCA, albeit at a lesser scale. The humanitarian community is Borova Milove BELARUS Starobilsk coordinating with the regional and local authorities to provide RUSSIAN FEDERATION POLAND Izium Bilovodsk Multipurpose emergency support to affected people. Cash 6% 9.0 0.5 SLOVAKIA Kreminna HUNGARY Lyman The COVID-19 situation continued to deteriorate nationwide, with the Novoaidar Cluster MOLDOVA not specified BarvinkoveSEA OF AZOV number of daily confirmed cases passing the 4,000 mark by the end of ROMANIA Blyzniuky Sloviansk BLACK SEA September and continuing to climb exponentially. Over the past two SERBIA BULGARIA TOTAL 205 64 Oleksandrivka Slovianoserbsk months, the number of confirmed cases has doubled every five weeks Stanytsia Luhanska Popasna nationally. In the conflict-affected area, the trend is increasingly Bakhmut 2020 POOLED FUND ALLOCATIONS Kostiantynivka Luhansk worrisome, with the spike in cases rising faster than the national Dobropillia Petropavlivka Perevalsk average. The number of confirmed cases in Donetska and Luhanska Lutuhyne In May and June 2020, the0 Ukr20aine40 Hu60manitarian80 100 Fund (UHF) allocated $3.75 million for COVID-19 response in eastern Ukraine to provide livelihood oblasts (GCA) almost tripled during the month (4,526 by end of Pokrovsk Sorokyne Mezhova support to elderly and other vulnerable people, to support pilot contact-tracing September, compared to 1,733 by end of August), while the situation Yasynuvata Antratsyt in GCA, and increase COVID-19-related medical response capacity in NGCA. was reportedly similar in NGCA. In response, various restrictions have Shakhtarsk Dovzhansk been reintroduced on both sides of the ‘contact line’ such as a ban on In June 2020, the UHF launched a $1 million allocation to strengthen Marinka Donetsk humanitarian access and response capacity of partners in NGCA. mass gathering and a switch to distance learning for schools. Velyka Novosilka Amvrosiivka Starobesheve In September 2020, the UHF launched a new allocation of $6 million to address Water shortages continued to be reported in conflict-affected RUSSIAN FEDERATION priority humanitarian needs in NGCA during the winter months, and to support communities, despite the considerable improvement in the security Volnovakha the increased sustainability of humanitarian response in GCA. situation. The aging water supply system, coupled with limited The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Boikivske access for maintenance, led to numerous disruptions of the water Rozivka Bilmak ‘Contact Line’ as of August 2018 continue to implement COVID-19 response in eastern Ukraine under a $925,000 supply for thousands of people, particularly in NGCA. Such situations Number of security incidents global allocation from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for were particularly concerning amid the COVID-19 pandemic where Nikolske - + COVID-19 response. Novoazovsk The boundaries, names and the designations used on this map do not imply * According to FTS as of 30 September 2020. Some donations are yet to be recorded, and donors and partners are invited access to adequate water to maintain hygiene is essential. Manhush SEA OF AZOV QHƒEKCNGPFQTUGOGPVQTCEEGRVCPEGb[VJG7PKVGF0CVKQPU5GEWTKV[KPEKFGPV data is provided by INSO. to register donations. Creation date: 15 October 2020 Sources: OCHA, OHCHR, 2020 HRP, INSO, FTS, Clusters Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int.