The UN does not have enough money to help Ukrainians this winter

The UN does not have enough money to help Ukrainians this winter Irina Martsiyash

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The United Nations does not have enough money to help Ukrainians this winter.

This was reported by the representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Caroline Lindholm Billing, reports Suspilne.

The UN does not have enough money to help Ukrainians this winter

The level of funding for such organizations, like ours, too low for this time of year, she noted. official.

According to her, UNHCR currently has only 47% of the funds needed to help millions of Ukrainians displaced or affected by the war. Last year at this time, the program was 70% funded.

She pointed out that there are currently about 3.6 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, but the shelling infrastructure and the activation of Russian troops are causing new population movements.

Billing noted that almost 99 thousand people, for example, have been evacuated or left frontline villages in the Donetsk region since August 1.

She added that UNHCR is working with Ukrainian organizations to provide support to internally displaced persons and to provide assistance to the most vulnerable groups of the population, in particular before the onset of winter. Some 650,000 people are receiving this help.