The UN has warned of the threat of cutting aid to Ukrainians

The UN refugee agency has warned that aid to Ukraine, especially to Ukrainian refugees, will decrease. This was stated in an interview with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi in the German publication Die Zeit.

The Commissioner said that Ukrainian society after the Russian attack showed itself to be very strong and united, but two years later the tension is becoming noticeable.

“These fault lines are becoming visible, and of course there is a risk that they will become larger as international support in all its forms declines,” Grundy said.

According to him, the threat of funding cuts has arisen, among other things, because the war in Ukraine has lost international attention, and the war in the Gaza Strip dominates the headlines of the world media, and the three main donors – Germany, the USA and the EU – still have no amount of aid to Ukraine. not defined.

“The priority is houses, repairs – everything that gives people shelter. Install new windows because windows keep getting broken. It’s very frustrating to do this all the time because there’s always a new one destruction,” Grandi said of UNHCR’s work in Ukraine.

Since the start of the massive Russian invasion, UNHCR, together with other Ukrainian humanitarian organizations and agencies, has repaired 27,500 houses.

The UN estimates that there are 3.7 million internally displaced people in Ukraine and another 6.3 million refugees in other countries.

“Ten million people are not living in their homes,” the High Commissioner said.

It was previously reported that 14.6 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian assistance.