Ukraine

Almost five years of conflict has affected 5.2 million Ukrainians. Despite growing needs, the conflict in eastern Ukraine continues to be a forgotten crisis. Today, humanitarian actors launched the 2019 Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan requesting US$ 162 million to reach 3.5 million people in need. "The international community must wake up and see that despite diplomatic efforts and numerous ceasefire agreements, the conflict in eastern Ukraine is still very much ongoing. …," said Christopher Mehley, country director for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Ukraine.

[…] Participants on the training course will learn more about Ukrainian electoral legislation and potential violations that might occur during the ongoing 90-day electoral campaign, as well as on election day itself.

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has officially announced she will run for president, with polls showing her as the front-runner in the March presidential election.

A surveillance drone operated by monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine has been shot down near the government-controlled village of Popasna in the Luhansk region. … The SMM has lost several surveillance drones in recent months.