Russia-Ukraine War
Recent Developments
0121–27 February 2026: ACLED reported Russian strikes killed at least 43 civilians in multiple Ukrainian regions.
0224–25 February 2026: ISW reported Russia launched 115 drones against Ukraine, showing continued intensity of aerial attacks.
03OHCHR continues to verify civilian casualties but states its confirmed totals likely undercount the true scale because many incidents cannot be confirmed immediately or occur in occupied areas.
Interventions
- UN-led civilian casualty monitoring and protection efforts through OHCHR verification and reporting.
- Humanitarian assistance, displacement support, and reconstruction planning by international institutions and aid actors responding to damaged housing, energy, and transport systems.
What Works
- Independent civilian casualty verification improves situational awareness and helps target protection and accountability efforts, especially where access is limited.
- Emergency repair and protection of energy, transport, and housing infrastructure reduce secondary civilian harm and help preserve access to essential services in affected regions.
How to Help
- Donate to reputable humanitarian organizations providing food, shelter, medical aid, and displacement support for Ukrainians.
- Volunteer with local or international NGOs supporting refugees, displaced people, or humanitarian logistics.
- Advocate for sustained civilian-protection, humanitarian-access, and reconstruction support through elected representatives.
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Verified Organizations
Organizations Helping(23)
UNHCR is mitigating flood risks in Rohingya refugee camps by pre-positioning humanitarian supplies such as tarpaulins, rope to secure shelters, sleeping mats, water purification tablets, and jerrycans ahead of the monsoon season to protect displaced populations from floods and landslides.
ECHO allocates substantial humanitarian funding to Ukraine to support emergency assistance including shelter, food, water, heating, and medical aid. They coordinate with partners to provide aid to displaced persons and those affected by infrastructure attacks, focusing on winter preparedness and sustaining basic services.
Save the Children is responding to Sudan’s education collapse by running emergency education services, including classes for children whose schooling has been disrupted, support for formal and non-formal learning, and programming across multiple states. It reports providing learning services and materials to hundreds of thousands of children, supporting hundreds of schools, and using accelerated learning, psychosocial support, teacher training, and child-centered reintegration approaches to help children catch up after prolonged closures.
Caritas Ukraine responds to the war by providing emergency humanitarian aid such as food, hygiene items, shelter support, and winter assistance to displaced and vulnerable people. It also runs psychosocial support, support for children and families, and community-based aid distribution through its regional network.
