UN: Some 1.5 mln Ukrainians in Donbas face food shortages

15:52, 08.04.2016 1 min read

The armed conflict in Donbas became the reason for the fact that 1.5 million Ukrainians faced the threat of hunger, according to the UN News Centre, with reference to information of the World Food Program (WFP).

"Two years of conflict in eastern Ukraine led to the fact that 1.5 million Ukrainians faced the threat of hunger. Some 300,000 people are experiencing severe food shortages and are in need of urgent assistance," the UN News Centre reported.

The report notes that the WFP intends in the first half of this year on a monthly basis to provide help to 270,000 people from the most vulnerable categories of the population.

A WFP representative, according to the report, also called on all the parties to the conflict to ensure a full and unhindered humanitarian access to people being in need of food.

According to the report, the residents of the territories of Luhansk region uncontrolled by the government of Ukraine and certain areas along the demarcation line suffer the most serious food shortages.