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WFP Limited Emergency Operation - Ukraine External Situation Report #35 (6 February 2023)

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Key Highlights

• Over 20,000 mt of food was delivered to cooperating partners (CPs) inside Ukraine in January, the highest since the winter season started.

• In January, for the second consecutive month, WFP reached over 3 million conflict-affected people with food and cash assistance.

• On 24 January, the demining project proposal was submitted to the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, jointly with FAO.

• On 3 February, eight Field Level Agreements (FLAs) were signed to carry out food distribution in 2023.

WFP Ukraine Response

While the one-year mark since the escalation of the conflict in 2022 draws near, there is no end in sight for the war.

During the night of 25 and in the morning of 26 January, two waves of airstrikes with kamikaze drones were launched throughout Ukraine, damaging both civilian and energy infrastructure.

The increase in military activities remains a challenge to plan programme activities ahead in affected areas, also elevating associated safety and security risks for the humanitarian community. On 24 January, two NGO staff were injured when their vehicle came under artillery shelling near a checkpoint in Lyptsi, Kharkiv Oblast. A WFP mission to Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, originally scheduled for 23 January was cancelled due to worsening security situation in the area.

Despite such concerns, WFP dispatched the highest amount of food to cooperating partners since the winter season began, serving over 3 million conflict-affected people with cash and food assistance in January 2023. This is the second month WFP reached more than 3 million people in a row.

Putting 2023 implementation plans in place, from 30 January to 2 February, WFP carried out a programme alignment exercise between country office and field offices, as well as cooperating partners. These series of workshops outlined WFP’s vision and plan for 2023, also provided an opportunity to discuss challenges observed in 2022 and the way forward.