Commentaries by Chiara Jancke and Tara Arthur

New Risks and Old Challenges – Navigating Security Threats in Ukraine to Deliver Humanitarian Aid

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New Risks and Old Challenges – Navigating Security Threats in Ukraine to Deliver Humanitarian Aid

Chiara Jancke and Tara Arthur

May 16, 2022 04:00:54 am

Since February 24, the war in Ukraine has left at least 15.7 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection (UN OCHA). Many humanitarian agencies have scaled up their operations in response to the dramatic humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its neighboring countries. But in a war that has seen large-scale attacks on [...]

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