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Ukraine: implications of the US foreign aid cuts

31 March 2025

Ukraine: implications of the US foreign aid cuts

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This report provides an overview of the implications of the US foreign aid freeze and cuts on humanitarian, development, and government programmes, with a focus on the impacts on humanitarian response capacity and affected communities. It aims to support donor contingency planning and the advocacy efforts of affected organisations. 

US funding freeze
Ukraine: scenarios in 2025

31 March 2025

Ukraine: scenarios in 2025

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This report considers three distinct yet plausible futures for Ukraine through the end of 2025. They focus on how changes in the situation in the country will affect people’s ability to meet their basic needs and affect humanitarian operations in and around Ukraine.

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Ukraine: humanitarian implications of the war in Ukrainian-controlled territory in Khersonska oblast

20 March 2025

Ukraine: humanitarian implications of the war in Ukrainian-controlled territory in Khersonska oblast

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The report aims to present the war-related developments and resulting humanitarian impacts in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Khersonska oblast (namely Beryslavskyi raion and six hromadas of Khersonskyi raion since July 2024.

Ukraine: Energy infrastructure attacks - Updated outlook and impact during the 2024–2025 cold season

19 February 2025

Ukraine: Energy infrastructure attacks - Updated outlook and impact during the 2024–2025 cold season

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This report is a midterm update of the original outlook, with added highlights on other tactics, such as regular countrywide mass drone attacks and other more localised missile attacks on the energy infrastructure

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Ukraine: Quarterly humanitarian access update (Q4 2024)

06 February 2025

Ukraine: Quarterly humanitarian access update (Q4 2024)

DOCUMENT / PDF / 9 MB

This report compares access challenges across Ukrainian oblasts and raions to inform humanitarian responders and support decision-making. It is part of the ACAPS quarterly analysis of access constraints, with the latest report published on 28 October 2024.

Humanitarian access
Ukraine: Kharkivska oblast - outlook and anticipated impacts

20 December 2024

Ukraine: Kharkivska oblast - outlook and anticipated impacts

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This report aims to present the conflict and humanitarian developments in Kharkivska oblast given the Russian military’s proximity to Kupiansk and overall developments in the oblast. To support humanitarian operations, the report also presents anticipated conflict and humanitarian developments and impacts through March 2025. 

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Ukraine: Humanitarian implications of conflict in Zaporizka oblast

19 December 2024

Ukraine: Humanitarian implications of conflict in Zaporizka oblast

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This report aims to outline the recent escalation of the armed conflict in Zaporizka oblast, its likely development in the next three months, and current and potential humanitarian impacts. Since the humanitarian crisis in Zaporizka oblast is underreported, and a limited number of assessments have been produced since the escalation, this report aims to support humanitarian response planning.

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Ukraine: anticipating developments and impacts in Sumska oblast

06 December 2024

Ukraine: anticipating developments and impacts in Sumska oblast

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Following the onset of Ukrainian forces’ crossborder incursion into Russia’s Kursk oblast in August 2024, Russian attacks in Sumska oblast have increased, leading to a deterioration in the oblast’s overall context. This report aims to highlight the support needed to respond to the crisis and reinforce preparedness plans to mitigate the impacts of an anticipated further deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation in the next six months.

AudioConflict and violence
Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update (Q3 2024)

29 October 2024

Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update (Q3 2024)

DOCUMENT / PDF / 4 MB

This report compares access challenges across Ukrainian oblasts to inform humanitarian responders and support decision-making. It is part of the ACAPS quarterly analysis of access constraints, with the previous report published on 29 July 2024.

Humanitarian access
Ukraine: Humanitarian impact of increased hostilities in Donetska oblast

17 September 2024

Ukraine: Humanitarian impact of increased hostilities in Donetska oblast

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In August 2024, the Russian military made its biggest monthly territorial gains in Ukraine since October 2022. As the security and humanitarian situation deteriorates, displacement continues. Almost 50,000 people were evacuated from Donetska oblast in August; still, many have not evacuated facing disruptions to critical services. 

Conflict and violence
Ukraine: energy infrastructure attacks -outlook and impact during 2024–2025 cold season

13 September 2024

Ukraine: energy infrastructure attacks -outlook and impact during 2024–2025 cold season

DOCUMENT / PDF / 955 KB

This report aims to highlight the current and expected damage and destruction of energy infrastructure and anticipate the impact on the living conditions of people in general but especially the most affected groups during the cold season from October 2024 to April 2025.

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Ukraine: Duty of care - operating in high-risk and frontline areas

21 August 2024

Ukraine: Duty of care - operating in high-risk and frontline areas

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This report aims to highlight the duty of care challenges that humanitarian responders and volunteers face, particularly those responding in high-risk frontline and occupied areas in Ukraine, with a specific focus on NNGOs and volunteers.

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Ukraine: overview of child protection risks

21 August 2024

Ukraine: overview of child protection risks

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This report explores the key protection risks that children in Ukraine are facing and thevulnerabilities of different groups of children to these risks.  It aims to provide an improved understanding of child protection risks for humanitarians to develop more targeted interventions addressing the specific challenges that different groups of conflict-affected children are facing.
 

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Ukraine: Exploring vulnerabilities through the lens of protection risks

01 August 2024

Ukraine: Exploring vulnerabilities through the lens of protection risks

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This report presents the impact of selected protection threats on specific population groups and identifies vulnerabilities among these groups to protection risks in Ukraine between February 2022 and May 2024. 

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Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

29 July 2024

Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

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This report compares access challenges across Ukrainian oblasts to inform humanitarian responders and support their decision-making. It is part of the ACAPS quarterly analysis of access constraints, with the latest report published on 26 April 2024.
 

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Ukraine: crisis severity in administrative regions

27 May 2024

Ukraine: crisis severity in administrative regions

DOCUMENT / PDF / 6 MB

This report analyses the Ukraine Severity Model, which regularly tracks contextual, humanitarian, and conflict-related data available from diverse sources and consolidates these, providing a severity score for each administrative region (oblast) of Ukraine. The focus of the analysis is between early 2022 and March 2024.
 

Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

26 April 2024

Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

DOCUMENT / PDF / 6 MB

This analysis is based on changes in the access severity model between 1 January and 31 March 2024, which ACAPS developed using data collected from secondary sources and four interviews with international humanitarian responders conducted between 1–10 April 2024.

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Ukraine: update on scenarios and outlook into 2024

29 February 2024

Ukraine: update on scenarios and outlook into 2024

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This report aims to update the probability of the original scenarios developed in 2023. It highlights key developments since July 2023 and the main events to watch in 2024. 

Anticipatory analysis
Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

06 February 2024

Ukraine: quarterly humanitarian access update

DOCUMENT / PDF / 10 MB

This report aims to compare access challenges across different Ukraine oblasts to inform humanitarian responders and support their decision-making. It is part of the ACAPS quarterly analysis of access constraints, with the last report published on 8 November 2023.

Humanitarian access
Ukraine: humanitarian implications of mine contamination 

24 January 2024

Ukraine: humanitarian implications of mine contamination 

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This report aims to improve awareness and understanding of the extent and impact of EO contamination in Ukraine, the response to it, and the challenges that responders are facing.