Years of conflict in eastern Ukraine has led to the division of the Donbas region in two. This separation is enforced by the Line of Contact, a 450 kilometer de facto border, that is endangering peoples’ access to healthcare, employment, and education.
April 2018 marked the fourth anniversary of the conflict in Donbas, the eastern region of Ukraine. Despite a ceasefire agreement signed in 2014, conflict along the densely populated areas in the vicinity of the 500 kilometre contact line continues.
Since the onset of the conflict in Ukraine and the partition of the Donbas region in 2014, more than one million people have been registered as internally displaced in the government-controlled areas of the country. Ongoing fighting and the impact of the conflict on livelihoods and employment have pushed hundreds of thousands from their homes, […]
International and local humanitarian agencies engaged in Ukraine joined forces in Berlin for a one-day conference to draw attention to the forgotten humanitarian crisis in the east of the country, urging decision makers to commit to tangible improvements to the situation in eastern Ukraine. Press Release by ACCESS Consortium – Berlin 22 November 2017 An average […]
