HIGHLIGHTS
As of 18 September, almost 275,500 Ukrainians have been displaced throughout Ukraine. Almost 94% of them come from the eastern regions of Ukraine.
Within the reporting period, UNHCR distributed humanitarian aid worth more than 200,000 USD to the most vulnerable IDPs. Deliveries included assistance to rebuild destroyed homes.
More than 250,000 USD was provided in form of cash assistance to about 1,500 vulnerable IDPs in Kyiv, Lviv and Vinnytsia region.
A draft law on IDPs was submitted to the Parliament on 28 August. A vote on the law has been postponed until October.
Government authorities report an increase in returns to government controlled areas in the Donbas region - 50,000 returns as of 22 September.
The number of Ukrainians applying for asylum has reached 168,643 in the Russian Federation. In addition 1,565 Ukrainians applied for asylum in Poland, 699 in Germany, 686 in Sweden and 449 in Belarus.