Situational overview: The security situation in eastern Ukraine steadily deteriorated during October, with more than 5,000 ceasefire violations recorded.
Protection concerns: There were over 1.1 million crossings of the five checkpoints in eastern Ukraine; UNHCR continued providing support to improve their capacity and conditions.
Assistance provided: In October, UNHCR provided non-food items (NFIs) and emergency shelter assistance to more than 3,700 people.
Update On Achievements
Operational Context
The security situation in eastern Ukraine remained volatile, with fighting concentrated in northern Donetsk, and east of Mariupol in southern Donetsk. On 3 and 4 October, shelling and small arms fire targeted water and centralized heating infrastructure in Donetsk region, jeopardizing water supplies to some 1.2 million persons living in the area and compounding the hardship of winter. At least 12 conflict-related civilian fatalities occurred during October, bringing the total to 411 confirmed civilian fatalities so far in 2017, according to OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reports. The presence of explosive remnants of war (ERW) or landmines in areas near the line of contact continues to cause civilian casualties. In October, the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) recorded some 1,103,100 crossings of the line of contact. UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Snapshot provides an overview of the humanitarian situation.