Children and families in eastern Ukraine have suffered the effects of armed conflict, and political and social unrest, for the past eight years. Now, the world is watching as the conflict intensifies and spreads across the country.
UNICEF is urgently ramping up efforts to deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of children and families whose lives hang in the balance.
Conflict is escalating in Ukraine, putting millions of children and their families in immediate danger.
The whole child population of Ukraine, 7.5 million children, are now at risk as the conflict continues to escalate. With explosions in major cities across the country and thousands of families being forced to flee their homes.
Hundreds of thousands of children in Ukraine have already been affected as the conflict in the east of the country enters its eighth year. As the conflict escalates, many more children are at risk, and thousands of families have been forced to flee for safety. Homes, schools, water supplies and hospitals have been damaged. Explosives including landmines are a daily threat to children’s lives.
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