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UN seeks USD 4.2bn for Ukraine aid

Updated on: 16 January,2024 02:33 AM IST  |  Berlin
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About three-quarters of the total ($3.1 billion) is meant to support some 8.5 million people inside Ukraine. The remaining $1.1 billion is sought for refugees and host communities outside Ukraine

UN seeks USD 4.2bn for Ukraine aid

A Ukrainian APC fires towards Russian positions. Pic/AP

The UN appealed on Monday for $4.2 billion to help people in Ukraine and displaced outside the country this year, saying that people on the front lines have “exhausted their meager resources” and many refugees also are vulnerable.


About three-quarters of the total ($3.1 billion) is meant to support some 8.5 million people inside Ukraine. The remaining $1.1 billion is sought for refugees and host communities outside Ukraine.


A recent wave of attacks “underscores the devastating civilian cost of the war” and a bitter winter is increasing the need for humanitarian aid, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN refugee agency said in a statement from Geneva. 


The UN says 14.6 million people in Ukraine are in need humanitarian help.

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