Country: Ukraine Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached Infographic. RESPONSE AND FUNDING SNAPSHOT – MAY 2025In May 2025, intensified attacks on densely populated areas resulted in over 1,000 civilian casualties, the highest in the year, and caused widespread damage to critical civilian infrastructure and interrupted essential services, further deepening humanitarian needs—particularly in front-line oblasts. Homes, schools, hospitals and transport systems were heavily damaged in major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, compounding existing vulnerabilities. In front-line regions such as Sumska, Donetska and Dnipropetrovska oblasts, IOM assessments showed sustained displacement, with thousands in need of safe shelter, health care, legal assistance and other protection services. During evacuations, humanitarian partners provided specialized support for the most vulnerable people—both in transit and at collective sites—to ensure their immediate needs were met. While humanitarian assistance reached people in urban centres, gaps in services widened in front-line and hard-to-reach communities.By May 2025, some 3.5 million people had received at least one form of humanitarian assistance across Ukraine. Nearly 2.6 million people among them accessed emergency water, sanitation and hygiene services, including water supply and support for local water supply infrastructure. Around 1.8 million received food and agricultural aid. Approximately 872,000 received health-care services and emergency medical supplies. Emergency shelter, household items, winter support and home repairs reached nearly 452,000 people. Protection services reached over 657,000 people, including almost 400,000 children and caregivers who received mental health and specialized child protection assistance. Survivors and those at risk of gender-based violence continued to receive dedicated care and referral support. Education kits, learning materials, psychological and other forms of support reached about 273,000 people, enabling continued education both in classrooms and online. Multi-purpose cash assistance enabled more than 183,000 people to meet urgent needs. At the same time, partners reported the impact of insecurity and funding cuts on WASH support—including safe drinking water—in some front-line areas. Shelter, non-food items, community protection, case management, child protection and other vital services were also impacted.Meeting life-saving and urgent needs in front-line oblasts continues to be a central priority for humanitarian partners. Humanitarian organizations continued their essential assistance to the most vulnerable people in both front-line and neighbouring oblasts, including Dnipropetrovska, Donetska, Kharkivska, Khersonska, Mykolaivska, Odeska, Sumska, and Zaporizka oblasts. Since January, nearly 33,000 people in high-risk areas across Donetska, Kharkivska, Khersonska, and Zaporizka oblasts have also received emergency food, medical supplies, hygiene kits and shelter items through 23 inter-agency convoys. Local partners continued to play a vital role, including supporting the delivery of critical supplies to communities affected by active hostilities. Aid partners also support the most vulnerable people evacuating from front-line areas, including by providing specialized transportation.Humanitarian partners are focused on implementing the reprioritized 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan across four strategic priorities following funding contraction since the beginning of the year: reaching the most vulnerable people near the front line, supporting evacuations, responding swiftly to emergencies following attacks and delivering aid to the most at-risk internally displaced people—including those living in collective sites. However, as of 31 May, only 25 per cent of the required funding has been received—$660 million out of the $2.63 billion needed to sustain life-saving and critical humanitarian assistance across Ukraine.