UN chief: Protracted war and global crises are pressuring support for Ukraine

When Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, UNHCR's representative in Ukraine, visited Stockholm in March, she met with the FUF editorial team and spoke about the growing humanitarian needs in Ukraine. Images: Mehreen Hayat/Utvecklingsmagasinet and Нікіта Лізейкін Pexels/Canva

Of: Meklit Teklu and Signe M. Andersson

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is now in its fifth year. After a 2025 prowned by intintensified attacks and a harsh winter, the country is now also facing reduced international assistance. At the same timet makes UNHCR's work on the ground more difficult through an increasingly lack of respect for international law, UNHCR's representative in Ukraine, Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, tells Utvecklingsmagasinet. 

April 16, 2026, Interview

UNHCR: “$300 million needed before the end of the year”

Filippo Grandi, head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, speaks in New York in connection with a conference on Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Photo: Manuel Elías/UN Photo

Of: Fredrik Govenius

Cutbacks av bistandspesome i national boutcast has led toat least $300 million in flexible funds is needed before the end of the year, tasker Filippo Big, chief for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, p.if means that dan economic the crisis that UNCHR upplever leavear “no country, no sector, and no partner” oconcerned. 

October 20, 2025, News