Ukraine Still Needs Our Help!
Support Ukrainians with Caritas
Ukraine continues to need our support. Since the beginning of March, Caritas organizations in Ukraine have provided humanitarian assistance to vulnerable households, especially those living close to the front lines. The aim is to ensure access to basic needs and hygiene kits, and to provide psychosocial support for staff.
The war in Ukraine has now entered its fifth year, and the humanitarian situation remains extremely serious. Fighting continues particularly in the eastern and southern parts of the country along a front line stretching approximately 1,000 kilometers. Russia’s repeated air and drone attacks target both military and civilian sites, including residential areas, the energy grid, hospitals, and schools.
These attacks have caused widespread electricity, heating, and water outages and hindered humanitarian access to many areas. Civilian casualties in 2025 were the highest since 2022. The winter that has just ended was particularly harsh, as attacks focused on the country’s energy infrastructure. Regions such as Sumy, Odesa, Kharkiv and Chernihiv suffered prolonged power and heating outages in freezing temperatures.
Displacement continues as people are forced to move repeatedly
There are currently 3.7 million internally displaced people in Ukraine and 4.4 million returnees from abroad. In 2025, around 122,000 people were evacuated or fled their homes, often for the second or third time. The highest numbers of IDPs are found in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions. Evacuations have been mandatory in many areas near the front line.
Even though the Ukrainian economy has shown some signs of recovery, poverty has increased. Before the war, the poverty rate was 5.5 %, but by 2025 it had risen to 36.9 %.
What kind of support does Ukraine need now?
The most important form of support is financial assistance, especially flexible and multipurpose cash support. This allows families to prioritize their own most urgent needs, such as food, medicine, hygiene items, clothing, and housing and heating costs. During the winter, there was significant need for heating fuel, warm clothing, heating devices, generators, and help with electricity bills.
The most vulnerable groups include internally displaced people, residents of front‑line areas, elderly people, those with chronic illnesses, large families, single parents, and people without stable income. These groups are often the most isolated from essential services.
Local Caritas organizations in Ukraine work closely with local authorities. They are able to expand assistance to areas with the highest needs, respond quickly to sudden changes caused by violence or evacuations, and ensure that support reaches those who have not yet received help.
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