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Ukraine

We have been working in Ukraine since 2014, and we massively scaled up our response since 24 February 2022 to meet the growing needs of millions of people affected by the international armed conflict.

We have 750 staff working in various locations across Ukraine to deliver relief items to displaced people, provide medicines and supplies to health-care facilities, restore the water supply for millions of people and carry out other life-saving activities.

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Distributing food supplies and hygiene kits.

Our work in Ukraine

The ICRC been working in Ukraine since 2014. To meet people’s growing needs following the escalation of the conflict in 2022, we have scaled up our work across the country, particularly in areas directly affected by the hostilities.

Our staff work in areas controlled by Ukrainian authorities as well as under Russian control. We work from seven sites - Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Luhansk and Donetsk - alongside our partners in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, to save lives and alleviate the suffering of civilians.

We also have teams in Russia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland and Romania to support our response for all those affected by the conflict, whoever and wherever they are. To do this, we also coordinate with our partners from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

We help people by providing emergency assistance such as food, water and other essential items. We support hospitals and primary health-care facilities with medical equipment and emergency preparedness measures. We repair water stations and work with households to rebuild their damaged homes. We also help families separated by the armed conflict to reconnect with their loved ones.
 

The impact of our work - in 2024

Almost 80,000

people received either cash assistance or household supplies to help them through winter. These distributions were either directly from the ICRC, through the URCS or through local authorities.

2.7+ million

people have access, or improved access to essential services (water, wastewater, heating and electricity) through the support that the ICRC provided to utility service providers.

279

adults were supported in gaining safe passage between Russia and Ukraine (both directions). 169 Emergency Travel Documents were issued to facilitate this.

109,000

people were supported with hygiene supplies and essential household items (e.g. blankets, solar lamps, kitchen sets, etc.). These distributions were either directly from the ICRC, through the URCS or through local authorities.

88,111

people received food parcels, either directly from the ICRC, through the URCS or in social institutions.

96,165

items of ‘risk awareness and safe behaviour’ materials were delivered to the URCS and other beneficiaries of different age groups including children, teenagers and adults.

260,250

DNA collection kits were donated for prevention of missing in action.

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Community Contact Centre

Telephone

+380 800 300 155

Opening Hours:

9am – 6pm
Monday - Friday

Address

Velyka Vasylkivska Street, 6 "O", Kyiv, Ukraine

Telephone

+38 (044) 392 32 10
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Our work with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and other National Societies

Together with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society and other National Societies, the ICRC provides emergency assistance to people close to the conflict zones and to those displaced by the fighting. This includes food, hygiene items, kitchen sets and household appliances for internally displaced people.

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