Ukraine: danger is only increasing, warns UN human rights office

© UNOCHA A woman walks past a burnt-out car and destroyed buildings in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.This article is published in association with United Nations. More than four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the “danger is only increasing”, particularly from attack drones, a top UN human rights official warned on Thursday. “During the first two months of this year, 60 per cent of all civilian casualties were in frontline regions […]

New platform to boost support for EU regions most affected by the war in Ukraine

Commission adds Russia to list of high-risk jurisdictions to strengthen international fight against financial crimeThis article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Tomorrow, the Commission will be hosting the launch of a new initiative to provide easier access to lending support to EU Member States bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This initiative, titled ‘EastInvest Facility’, is at the core of the strategy for the EU’s eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine adopted last week […]

G7 leaders’ statement on the war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s women at breaking point after four years of war as attacks on energy, healthcare continue – UN humanitariansThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On the fourth anniversary of the Russian further invasion of Ukraine in 2022, we, the leaders of the G7, reaffirm our unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its territorial integrity and right to exist, and its freedom, sovereignty and independence. We express our continued […]

Ukraine wakes to more violence as Russia’s invasion enters fifth year

© UNOCHA Many rural areas of Ukraine have been blasted by shelling and drone strikes. The country is also one of the most mined in the world, top UN aid officials warn.This article is published in association with United Nations. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops on 24 February 2022 shattered the peaceful aspirations of an entire continent, but war must never be the new normal, UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday. “Four years ago, people in Europe woke up in another […]

Ukraine: Parliament marks four years of Russia’s war with extraordinary session 

Ukraine: Parliament marks four years of Russia’s war with extraordinary session This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Tuesday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address MEPs at an extraordinary plenary session, four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. The sitting will start at 10.15. Following President Zelenskyy’s address via remote connection from Kyiv, MEPs will discuss the latest developments in […]

Myriad fragments, one tragedy: How four years of war changed Ukraine

© UNICEF/Ian Dobronosov A mother and her daughter walk past a heavily damaged industrial building in Kyiv following an overnight attack, as firefighters continue to spray water at the remains.This article is published in association with United Nations. Although fighting had been raging in the east of Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, most in the country did not believe all-out war would occur. With the full-scale invasion now reaching the four-year mark, many Ukrainians cannot believe it has gone on for so […]

Ukraine: $588 million recovery cost over the next 10 years

Ukraine: $588 million recovery cost over the next 10 yearswith United Nations.This article is published in association with United Nations. Reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine will cost almost $588 million over the next decade, or nearly three times the estimated GDP in 2025, as housing, energy and other critical sectors continue to come under fire from Russian forces.  The finding comes in the updated joint Rapid Damage and […]

Ukraine’s women at breaking point after four years of war as attacks on energy, healthcare continue – UN humanitarians

Ukraine’s women at breaking point after four years of war as attacks on energy, healthcare continue – UN humanitariansThis article is published in association with United Nations. Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, millions in Ukraine struggle to keep the lights on and heat their homes, with the crisis taking a particular toll on women, humanitarians warned on Friday. Freshly back from a visit to the country UN Women’s Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia […]

Commission supports the EU’s eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

Commission supports the EU's eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and UkraineThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive strategy to step up support for the EU eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Strengthening the prosperity and resilience of these regions is not only an expression of EU solidarity in the wake of Russia’s invasion […]

As conditions worsen in Ukraine, refugees struggle to return

© UNICEF/Dmytrii Bortkevych A young girl carries firewood for a warming stove at a house in the Kyiv region.This article is published in association with United Nations. As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, UN monitors say harm to civilians has “demonstrably worsened”, while energy attacks and freezing temperatures are making it harder for displaced families to return. “More people are killed and injured each […]

EIB Group supports heating points in Ukraine amid energy instability

Commission supports the EU's eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and UkraineThis article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Ongoing attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure continue to disrupt electricity supply across the country. During prolonged outages and freezing temperatures, heating points – known in Ukraine as “Points of Invincibility” – play a critical role, offering warm and safe spaces where people can stay during blackouts, […]

Ukraine: UN aid convoy reaches frontlines in Dnipro

© UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov Workers secure plywood boards over the shattered windows of a residential building damaged by a missile strike in eastern Ukraine. (file)This article is published in association with United Nations. A UN humanitarian convoy reached frontline communities in Ukraine’s Dnipro region on Wednesday, delivering critical medical and hygiene supplies as fighting continues to take a heavy toll on civilians and infrastructure across the country. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters that access to the town had been […]

Parliament approves €90 billion Ukraine support loan package

EU, Ukraine and Canada to co-host high-level meeting on returning Ukrainian childrenThis article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs voted in favour of three pieces of legislation to make a €90 billion EU loan available for Ukraine as it faces Russia’s continued war of aggression. On Wednesday Parliament adopted a package of proposals aimed at supporting Ukraine with a €90 billion EU […]

Ukraine war keeps nuclear safety on a knife-edge, UN watchdog warns

© State Specialized Enterprise IAEA inspectors help ensure safety at Ukrainian nuclear power plants. .This article is published in association with United Nations. Attacks on Ukraine’s power system highlight how the ongoing war threatens the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Friday.  Russian forces have been carrying out strikes on critical infrastructure amid freezing winter temperatures as their full-scale invasion approaches the […]

Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative on phasing out EU imports from Russia and Belarus

Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative on phasing out EU imports from Russia and BelarusThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), entitled ‘Stop Funding Russia’s War: Phase Out Harmful and Useless Russian Imports into the EU’. The initiative invites the Commission “to propose firm, immediate measures to end the EU’s remaining import dependencies on […]

EU announces €153 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine and Moldova

EU announces €153 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine and MoldovaThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission is announcing €153 million in emergency aid to Ukraine and refugee-hosting Moldova, as millions Ukrainians face freezing temperatures without power under sustained Russian bombardment of energy infrastructure. Responding to the urgent needs, the EU is allocating an initial €145 million in […]

EIB invests €50 million in Amber Dragon, the first-ever infrastructure equity fund for Ukraine’s recovery

This article is published in association with European Investment Bank.This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. On the margins of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €50 million commitment to Amber Dragon Ukraine Infrastructure Fund I (ADUIF), the first-ever specialised infrastructure equity fund investing in Ukraine. The fund is designed to help mobilise private […]

EU deploys emergency generators as Russian strikes left one million Ukrainians without power in -20°C

Ukraine’s women at breaking point after four years of war as attacks on energy, healthcare continue – UN humanitariansThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Over one million Ukrainians are without electricity, water and heating in freezing temperatures following relentless Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. The European Commission is today deploying 447 emergency generators worth €3.7 million from EU strategic reserves to restore power to hospitals, shelters and critical […]

EU and Council of Europe agree to set up an advance team for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

Commission supports the EU's eastern regions bordering Russia, Belarus and UkraineThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Union and the Council of Europe have signed an agreement on the financing of an advance team to establish the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, within the framework of the Council of Europe. The aim of the joint […]

‘Cycle of attacks must end’: Lead UN official in Ukraine

© UNHCR/Yevheniia Kozun This cinema in Saltivka, Kharkiv, was hit during an earlier strike (file Jan 2026).This article is published in association with United Nations. The senior UN official in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, has issued a condemnation of the massive overnight Russian drone and missile strike on several major Ukrainian cities, killing and injuring civilians, and knocking out energy infrastructure amid sub-zero temperatures. The attacks on some of Ukraine’s most important population […]

MEPs approve “enhanced cooperation” for €90 billion EU support loan to Ukraine 

EU, Ukraine and Canada to co-host high-level meeting on returning Ukrainian childrenThis article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Wednesday, Parliament gave its green light to a decision by the Council to apply the enhanced cooperation procedure to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion support loan. The EU support loan was agreed at the European Council summit in Brussels on 18 December […]

Cold and dark: UN rights chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid

© UNDP Ukraine/Oleksandr Ratush Workers repair damaged power infrastructure in Ukraine. (file)This article is published in association with United Nations. Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have cut heat, electricity and water to hundreds of thousands of civilians in freezing winter conditions, prompting the UN human rights chief to denounce the strikes as “cruel” and a clear violation of international law. Volker Türk said he was outraged by renewed […]

Ukraine: Families in ‘survival mode’ amid Russian strikes and deadly cold

© UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi A five-year-old girl waits with her mother to board a bus to Poland from Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine. "Children's lives are still consumed by thoughts of survival and not childhood," UNICEF warned.This article is published in association with United Nations. Families across Ukraine are in “constant survival mode” amid ongoing waves of Russian missile and drone strikes that have left blocks without power for days at a time, while temperatures plunge to deadly lows, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. “Families have actually reverted to […]

Commission presents a financial support package for Ukraine for 2026–2027

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission.This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission adopted a set of legislative proposals to secure continuous financial support to Ukraine in 2026 and 2027. This marks a significant milestone in the EU’s strong support for the country’s defence against Russia’s war of aggression. The legislative package consists […]

Ukraine war: UN appeals for $2.3 billion to support aid teams’ ‘heroic work’

© UNHCR/Oleg Platonov Two UN workers look at a damaged residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine.This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid ongoing and intensifying Russian attacks across Ukraine, the UN on Tuesday launched a $2.3 billion humanitarian appeal for 2026 to support 4.1 million of the country’s most vulnerable people. Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022, the UN and its partners […]

Ukraine: Deadly Russian strikes push civilians deeper into winter crisis

© UNHCR/Yevheniia Kozun The bombing of residential buildings in Saltivka, Kharkiv, has left many Ukrainians without power.This article is published in association with United Nations. Ukraine has entered the new year under intensifying and deadly Russian attacks which have crippled energy systems and left millions without heating, electricity or water amid freezing temperatures, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told ambassadors the start […]

Ukraine: New strikes disrupt basic services for millions

Ukraine: New strikes disrupt basic services for millionsThis article is published in association with United Nations. Several parts of Ukraine were hit by a new wave of Russian strikes between Wednesday and Thursday morning. The attacks over the last 24 hours left civilians reportedly killed and injured in the port city of Odesa, interrupting power and water supplies there, as well as in […]

Drones, fear and exhaustion: The daily reality of providing aid to Ukraine

©WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud Oleg Kemin from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) stands in front of his vehicle in Kherson, Ukraine.This article is published in association with United Nations. Almost four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, aid teams continue to adapt to the lethal reality of working in a modern war zone.  For frontline workers like Oleg Kemin from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), this involves travelling deep into disputed territory along the […]

Robust Security Guarantees for a Solid and Lasting Peace in Ukraine – Statement of the Coalition of the Willing

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission.This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The members of the Coalition of the Willing, Ukraine and the United States have convened today in Paris. We all stressed our commitment to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine in line with the United Nations Charter principles, and welcomed the progress achieved, […]

Ukraine: Attacks disrupt heating as temperatures plunge

© UNOCHA A building in Odesa, Ukraine, in flames following an attack on 31 December 2025.© UNOCHA A building in Odesa, Ukraine, in flames following an attack on 31 December 2025. This article is published in association with United Nations. Recent attacks across Ukraine have killed civilians, damaged critical infrastructure and cut heating and power supplies for millions, UN humanitarians report, as temperatures drop below freezing. According to the Office for […]

Overnight strikes leave death, destruction and power outages in Ukraine

© UNOCHA A UN worker in Ukraine inspects a building damaged in the ongoing war with Russia. (file)This article is published in association with United Nations. A new wave of overnight strikes and front-line hostilities in Ukraine have caused further civilian casualties and damage to critical energy infrastructure, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday. Several civilians were killed and nearly 30 injured, including children, according to […]

Weekend attacks in Ukraine bring more casualties, damage infrastructure

This article is published in association with United Nations.This article is published in association with United Nations. Hostilities in Ukraine this weekend resulted in more civilian casualties and widespread damage to critical infrastructure, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Monday.   Between Friday and early morning Monday, Ukrainian authorities said that over a dozen civilians were killed and more than 70 others injured, […]

Parliament denounces continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania 

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission.This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Thursday, Parliament condemned Belarus for conducting an escalating campaign of coordinated hybrid attacks against Lithuania and the EU. The text, adopted by 438 votes in favour, 37 against with 48 abstentions, points to Belarus’s repeated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and balloon incursions into […]
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