- UK funding will help expand the lifesaving work of the Red
Cross Movement and the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund
- Foreign Secretary says the UK stands with Ukraine, and is
committed to supporting the most vulnerable Ukrainians living
through the horrors of this war
- this announcement comes as Ukraine marks 2 years since
Russia’s full-scale invasion
Two years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UK
has pledged £8.5 million in humanitarian funding allocations to
the Red Cross Movement and the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. The
funding will bolster the UK’s ongoing support for their work with
local partners, providing emergency responses and vital
humanitarian assistance across Ukraine.
In 2024, over 14.6 million people – about 40 percent of the
Ukrainian population – need humanitarian assistance. Millions
have been left homeless, struggle without adequate access to
water, food and electricity, and desperately need health,
protection and other essential services and supplies in
territories under Russian occupation.
Over £6 million will support the Red Cross Movement’s neutral and
impartial work, reinforcing their existing emergency response
projects and their support to the most vulnerable in Ukraine.
£2.5 million will fund the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, part of the
UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. UK
funding supports ongoing emergency responses, preparedness
activities and last-mile aid delivery in frontline areas where
local communities have been most affected by recent attacks.
Foreign Secretary said:
Ukrainians are bravely defending their land against Russia’s
brutal invasion, but the past 2 years of war have had a tragic
impact on millions of people across Ukraine. Families have been
separated, towns and villages decimated, and vital civilian
infrastructure destroyed. The UK stands with Ukraine, and is
committed to supporting the most vulnerable Ukrainians living
through the horrors of this war.
This announcement follows the Foreign Secretary’s visit to the UN
on Friday, where he addressed the United Nations Security Council
and United Nations General
Assembly. He reinforced the UK’s commitment to supporting
Ukraine, and Ukrainians suffering at the hands of Putin and his
illegal invasion.
Denise Brown, UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator in
Ukraine for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs, said:
The international community has truly stepped in, with remarkable
support over the past 2 years, enabling the humanitarian
community to help millions of people in Ukraine suffering the
horrifying consequences of Russia’s invasion. But the war, the
suffering and the needs are still a daily outrageous reality that
the world should absolutely not tolerate or normalise.
International support, including from the UK, is as crucial as
ever to ensuring the humanitarians in Ukraine can assist people
who desperately need it.
This funding is part of £357 million of humanitarian assistance
the UK has committed since the start of the full-scale invasion.
UK support contributes to an international response that reached
11 million people in Ukraine in 2023 and 15.8 million in 2022.
The UK has now provided almost £12 billion in support to Ukraine,
and is one of the largest bilateral humanitarian donors.
