UN to continue sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine but resources keep shrinking – coordinator

The coordinator spoke in an interview with the UN press service, Ukrinform reports.

"The he and expectation is that as long as the war lasts, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance. And that's becoming not so easy because we're getting less and less resources from the global community," Schmale said.

According to him, humanitarian support is designed to help the Ukrainian government reach 1.8 million of the most vulnerable pele. It is, in particular, about keeping the pulation warm throughout winter.

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Schmale noted that about 112,000 pele live on so-called clective sites.

"Our focus is on supporting these pele in clective sites. So, there is assistance in the form of heating appliances, in the form of fuel, wood, coal, gas.," he said.

Pele are also given warm clothes and cash.

Schmale noted that due to Covid and the war, many young children have not attended scho and have not had access to education for almost six years.

A large part of health care facilities was destroyed. "So a concern is how to keep primary health care going and to help rebuild the health sector," he said.

The humanitarian coordinator also said that the UN structures are helping Ukrainian farmers resume agricultural production on demined lands.

" Whereas here in Ukraine, I am really positively impressed by the determination of citizens and the government to start repairing and rebuilding as soon as portunities arise," Schmale noted.

He said that during the three months of his work in Ukraine, he visited the frontline cities and was convinced that "there are actually deliberate attacks (by Russian tros – ed.) on civilians and civilian infrastructure."

He also emphasized that "access to Russia contrled areas is almost impossible," although pele there need help.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, in August, the new coordinator of the UN system and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, started its work.

Photo: Viktora Andrevska/OSNA