The United Nations lacks more than a billion dollars to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine in 2025, the UN coordinator for emergency aid to Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, said at a briefing in Geneva, Deutsche Welle has reported.
He noted that about four million people in Ukraine have received humanitarian aid this year, but the amount of funding remains insufficient.
“This year, donors have provided only $1.15 billion, which is 44 per cent of the total amount of Ukraine’s estimated need for humanitarian aid,” Schmale said.
According to the UN, the massive Russian strikes have left part of Ukraine’s power, water and heating systems paralysed, so with winter approaching, the affected regions need urgent support.