The humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine remains critical. The hostilities picked up again on both sides of the ‘contact line’ after a relative lull in January, while harsh weather conditions, with temperatures plummeting to below -20 Celsius over the last week of February further deepened people’s suffering. Disruption of critical water and power supply infrastructure due to heavy snow or indiscriminate shelling meant that at least 70 settlements on both sides of the ‘contact line’ remained without heat or water, sometimes for days. Interruption of operations of the 1st Lift Pumping Station of the South Donbas Water Pipeline due to harsh weather alone left 100,000 people without water or heat for more than 24 hours. Of alarming concern is the incidents targeting staff and infrastructure at the Donetsk Filter Station (DFS) which supplies water to 345,000 men, women and children in eastern Ukraine. Between 6 to 14 March, the DFS staff was shot at on four occasions. While a temporary window of silence has been obtained, sustained safety and protection of civilian workers is necessary to avoid interruption of water and inter-dependent heating system. Protection and wellbeing of civilians remain a major concern, due to daily shelling and heightened risk of mines, Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) explosion. OHCHR recorded 5 civilians killed and 20 injured in the first two months of 2018. While humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable conflict-affected people continue to rise, the human cost of the protracted crisis is largely forgotten. In order to break the impasse, on 28 February, the European Union for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) and the United Nations organized a high-level conference with an aim to bring the international attention to the plight of 4.4 million people affected. Over 100 participants from various European Union (EU) Member States, International Organizations and the UN agencies attended the conference, where the EU announced EUR 24 million to the humanitarian response in Ukraine in 2018.

1. UKRAINE: Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 16 March 2018)
The humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine remains critical. The hostilities picked up again on both sides of the ‘contact line’ after a relative lull in January, while harsh weather conditions, with temperatures plummeting to below -20 Celsius over the
last week of February further deepened people’s suffering. Disruption of critical water and power supply infrastructure due to heavy snow or indiscriminate shelling meant that at least 70 settlements on both sides of the ‘contact line’ remained without
heat or water, sometimes for days. Interruption of operations of the 1st Lift Pumping Station of the South Donbas Water Pipeline due to harsh weather alone left 100,000 people without water or heat for more than 24 hours. Of alarming concern is the
incidents targeting staff and infrastructure at the Donetsk Filter Station (DFS) which supplies water to 345,000 men, women and children in eastern Ukraine. Between 6 to 14 March, the DFS staff was shot at on four occasions. While a temporary window
of silence has been obtained, sustained safety and protection of civilian workers is necessary to avoid interruption of water and inter-dependent heating system. Protection and wellbeing of civilians remain a major concern, due to daily shelling and
heightened risk of mines, Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) explosion. OHCHR recorded 5 civilians killed and 20 injured in the first two months of 2018. While humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable
conflict-affected people continue to rise, the human cost of the protracted crisis is largely forgotten. In order to break the impasse, on 28 February, the European Union for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) and the United Nations organized
a high-level conference with an aim to bring the international attention to the plight of 4.4 million people affected. Over 100 participants from various European Union (EU) Member States, International Organizations and the UN agencies attended the
conference, where the EU announced EUR 24 million to the humanitarian response in Ukraine in 2018.
People targeted
0.2m 0.3m 0.9m 1.3m 0.2m 2.3m
3.4m
Luhansk
Donetsk
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The boundaries, names and the designations used on this map do not imply
official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Security incident
data is provided by INSO. SEA OF AZOV
BLACK SEA
SEA OF AZOVROMANIA
BELARUS
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
POLAND
MOLDOVA
HUNGARY
SLOVAKIA
SERBIA
Kyiv
Number of security incidents
Legend
‘Contact Line’ as of October 2017
- +
0 20 40 60 80 100
2018 HRP: REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING****
3%
FUNDED
Funding by Cluster (% and million $)
$18m non-HRP humanitarian funding to Ukraine in 2018
Education
Food Security
and Livelihoods
Health and
Nutrition
Shelter/NFI
Protection
WASH
Humanitarian
Coordination
Multi-purpose
Cash
Cluster not yet
specified
0.0
1.1
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.0
187
**** According to FTS as of 9 March 2018. Many donations are yet to be recorded, and donors and partners are invited to register donations.
0%
3%
3%
11.0
38.4
21.1
0
43.1
31.7
29.9
5.1
6.5
5
0.0
1.1
2TOTAL
Funding requirements
million $
Overall Critical
Funding status
million $
Overall Critical
8.9
22.6
13.8
0
35.5
13.8
26.8
5.1
137
REQUIREMENTS (US$)
187m
UNMET ($)
182m
FUNDED (US$)
5m
137m
critical
requirements
2m
critical requirements
met
135m
critical
requirements
unmet
SECURITY HOTSPOTSKEY FIGURES
NEEDS AND RESPONSE (2018)SECURITY INCIDENTS (last 12 months) WASH INCIDENTS (as of February 2018)
Feb'18
Jan'18
Dec'17
Nov'17
Oct'17
Sep'17
Aug'17
Jul'17
Jun'17
May'17
Apr'17
Mar'17
Feb'17
Jan'17
Feb'18
Jan'18
Dec'17
Nov'17
Oct'17
Sep'17
Aug'17
Jul'17
Jun'17
May'17
Apr'17
Mar'17
Feb'17
Jan'17
DAMAGED EDUCATION FACILITIES
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Feb'18
Jan'18
Dec'17
Nov'17
Oct'17
Feb'17
Aug'17
Jul'17
Jun'17
May'17
Apr'17
Mar'17
Education Food Security
and Livelihoods
Health and
Nutrition Protection Shelter/NFI WASH
4
1
2
9
3
2
3
4
4
2 2
1 1
2
5
2
4
18
20
4
15
12
12
4
6
8
9
18
GCA NGCA
0%
0%
0%
8%
0%
0%
0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.02.0
2.9
Total number of facilities***
GCA: NGCA:
Source: OHCHR
Source: INSO
Source: WASH Cluster
5
0
** In Donetska and Luhanska oblasts
2
*** Total amount for 2017-2018
4
$ 71m, 35 %
$ 105m, 35 %
$ 173m, 55 %
2017
2016
2015
$ 204m
$ 298m
$ 316m
REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING (2015-2017)
Unmet requirementsFunded
Creation date: 16 March 2018 Sources: OCHA, OHCHR, HNO 2018, HRP 2018, INSO, WASH Cluster, Education Cluster, European Union, Shelter Winterization update www.unocha.org https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/ukraine www.reliefweb.int www.facebook.com/ochaukraineFeedback: ochaukraine@un.org
*Figures on civilian casualties include data for January - February 2018
25
9
5 20
Casualties reported
in 2018
Civilian casualties*
Reported incidents
1097 Security incidents
reported in 2018**
Mines and UXO
related casualties
deaths injured
9 WASH incidents
reported in 2018
2.3m44 3014
4 WASH incidents
reported in February 2018
632 Security incidents
reported in February 2018**
PEOPLE IN NEED PEOPLE TARGETED