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Nearly one in 9 Ukrainians in need of aid: UN

Xinhua, July 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the situation in Ukraine is deteriorating with five million people -- nearly one in nine Ukrainians -- in need of aid, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Friday.

Nearly 1.4 million people have been internally displaced, primarily in the east, Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

"Civilians living close to the so-called contact line which separates government and the non-government controlled areas are among the most vulnerable," he said.

Aid agencies have already provided assistance -- such as food, emergency shelter, cash grants, and psychosocial support for children -- to more than 450,000 people this year, he said.

"To sustain and further scale up the humanitarian response, aid agencies need access to displaced communities, for example through crossing points into non-government areas," Dujarric said.

Funding continues to be a major concern, with only 35 percent of the 316 million U.S. dollars requested having been received, including pledges, he added. Endite