Two women and one man smile as they participate in a psychosocial support session in Ukraine

Ukraine

Why are we in Ukraine? The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepened in 2025, leaving 10.8 million people (nearly one-third of the population) in need of assistance. Last year was the deadliest so far for civilians, who have also been forced to cope with attacks on critical infrastructure, deteriorating socio-economic conditions, and psychological distress.

10.8 million Ukrainians require humanitarian assistance in 2026

After four years of nationwide conflict, 2025 was the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine with more than 2,500 casualties and over 12,000 injuries. Intensified attacks last year also led to new waves of damage and displacement, particularly in the eastern regions or oblasts closest to the frontlines.

Moreover, Ukraine began 2026 with the coldest winter in more than a decade while suffering attacks to infrastructure that have left many communities without electricity or heat for weeks amid plummeting temperatures. Conflict-driven inflation has further eroded resources for many, with the International Organisation for Migration reporting that the median household income in Ukraine is 29% lower per capita than it was at the beginning of 2022. At the same time, Ukrainians are seeing a cumulative inflation rate of nearly 38%, leaving many families to go into debt and forego basic necessities in order to make ends meet.

In addition to the physical needs, we are also witnessing a mental health crisis as the result of the conflict as Ukrainians enter their fifth year of living with the constant threats of attacks and forced evacuation, family separation as a result of displacement, conscription to the frontline, reduced social services, and cuts to humanitarian funding.

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Latest achievements

Overall impact

Last year, Concern’s overall, multi-sector emergency response to the conflict in Ukraine reached over 114,000 people, primarily in frontline oblasts including Sumy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Donetsk.

Livelihoods and emergency assistance

Protection and psychosocial support

Natalia* (8) and Sofia* (7) attend a children's play therapy session in Kharkiv. Photo: Jon Hozier-Byrne/Concern Worldwide

Tetiana in a bunker in Izium, Kharkiv. Khrystyna* and her neighbours lived in this basement for four months at the start of the war. Now, with a cash transfer from JERU, they are refurnishing the basement into a shelter. She hopes she will never have to use it. Photo: Jon Hozier-Byrne/Concern Worldwide

Psychologist Olena Kozyr conducting an adult psychosocial support session in Mala Rohozyanka, Kharkiv Oblast. Photo: Jon Hozier-Byrne/Concern Worldwide

Volodymyr Zelenskyi (42) provides an evacuation service, using a cash transfer from the Joint Emergency Response in Ukraine (JERU,) of which Concern is a member. He refurbished an old van into an ambulance, with which he and his team evacuate elderly or vulnerable people living on the frontlines who could not leave their homes in time. Photo: Jon Hozier-Byrne/Concern Worldwide

Ukrainian national partner ‘Angels of Salvation’ go door to door in Mykolaiv Oblast distributing winter fuel to vulnerable households. Photo: Dmytro Sazonov/Concern Worldwide