Situational overview: Security situation remained volatile, with continued targeting of civilian areas.
Protection concerns: MPs registered a draft law that would de-link pension payments from IDP status.
Assistance provided: In July, UNHCR provided non-food items (NFIs) and emergency shelter assistance to more than 600 people.
KEY INDICATORS
42,400
people reached through NFI assistance from UNHCR and partners in 2017.
21,500
IDPs and people at risk of displacement received legal assistance from UNHCR partners since January 2017.
1,850
households in eastern Ukraine received UNHCR shelter assistance in 2017.
Update On Achievements
Operational Context
The situation in eastern Ukraine remained tense. The number of ceasefire violations progressively increased during July, with shelling targeting civilian areas. At least seven conflict-related civilian fatalities occurred during July, bringing the total to 59 confirmed civilian fatalities so far in 2017, according to OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reports. In July, the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) recorded more than 1,100,000 crossings of the line of contact. UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Bulletin provides an overview of the humanitarian situation. On 9 July, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres made his first official visit Ukraine. He met with President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, and Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. UNHCR and UNDP facilitated a meeting with IDPs who expressed their concerns to the Secretary-General, which he subsequently raised during his meeting with the President. The Secretary-General called on all sides to respect the ceasefire and underscored United Nations’ support to Ukraine. The Secretary-General also recalled his link with the people of Ukraine during his tenure as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.