Ukraine: Humanitarian Response and Funding Snapshot (January – October 2025) [EN/UKR]

Humanitarian partners delivered life-saving assistance amid expanding hostilities and operational challenges. In the first ten months of 2025, humanitarian partners worked under the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) to provide critical support as the context evolved — marked by intensified attacks, disrupted access to essential services, and a reduction in funding. In line with reprioritization efforts and the global Humanitarian Reset, the response focused on front-line areas, safe evacuations, post-strike assistance, and the most vulnerable displaced populations as winter approached.

Humanitarians reached 4.4 million people, while funding remains well below requirements. By the end of October, 4.4 million people had received at least one form of assistance — 57 per cent of the reprioritized target — while the appeal stood at only 45 per cent funded. This included 703,000 internally displaced people, nearly 690,000 people living near the front line who received food, water, multipurpose cash and other assistance, and 294,000 people were reached with support after strikes. Evacuation support reached 162,000 people. Despite these achievements, gaps persist across the response, with protection services being one example: more than 355,000 people accessed gender-based violence (GBV) prevention services, yet many survivors remain without critical support due to security risks and limited resources.

Access remains challenging, but partners are adapting operations to continue support. Humanitarians reached 1.8 million people in the nine front-line and neighbouring oblasts hosting the highest numbers of displaced people. In addition to inter-agency convoys that delivered aid to hard-to-reach areas, partners expanded storage and transport options. The Logistics Cluster reinforced support by opening a new warehouse in Kharkiv and maintaining deliveries for partners despite growing transport challenges. Partners deployed emergency water supply and heating system support to hundreds of thousands of people, while pre-positioning equipment for urban water and heating systems to help sustain essential
services during power outages.

Winter response implementation is ongoing, but critical gaps remain. Assistance under the Winter Response Plan has already reached 1 million people. District heating interventions have benefited over 700,000 people, while nearly 270,000 have received heating support. Partners assisted 590,000 people with insulation and winter items, yet more than 353,000 remain at risk of facing winter without adequate heating or essential items. Conditions in collective sites are equally concerning: of 338 sites prioritized for winter support, only 39 are set to receive assistance. Partners delivered emergency water supply to 790,000 people and heating system support to nearly 400,000, but funding gaps have left over 1 million people in front-line areas without safe water. Escalating strikes on energy infrastructure continue to disrupt water and heating, creating barriers to essential services and putting lives at risk.

Funding shortages continue to limit the response and threaten continuity of essential services into early 2026. Shelter and NFI partners have reached only 37 per cent of their annual target, leaving more than 1.3 million people without adequate support. In collective sites, CCCM partners assisted 31,000 internally displaced people, but winterization and accessibility gaps remain severe. GBV services reached half of the target population, yet specialized support near the front line is scarce. Overall, the appeal is funded at only 45 per cent, and without additional resources, critical services and response — including logistics, water, heating, and protection — risk scaling down in the coming months. Humanitarian partners continue to adapt, but sustaining essential services requires operational continuity and flexible resources to protect the most vulnerable during the harsh winter months.