WUNRN
August 14, 2014 - A total of 839 civilians have
been killed and 1,623 wounded since fighting between government troops and
separatists broke out in March after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula,
public health officials said.
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OSCE - Organization for Security
& Co-Operation in Europe
INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN UKRAINE -
WOMEN & CHILDREN
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The number of IDPs in Ukraine has
increased dramatically since the beginning of June. UNHCR estimates that in
early August the number of registered IDPs was over 117,000 persons. Ukraine
lacks a legal framework on internal displacement.
The vast majority of Ukraine IDP's
are women and children. Fear
for children’s lives and their exposure to traumatising events and repeated
nights spent in makeshift shelters due to fighting, were major reasons for
families to decide that at least part of the family had to leave for safety.
