Nearly 500,000 people across Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region have received UNHCR assistance since the start of the full-scale war. The figure was reported by the Telegram channel @zoda_gov_ua on Monday, November 9.

Regional officials reviewed the partnership during a meeting with Edward Benson, head of UNHCR’s Dnipro office, and his team. Their discussion covered ongoing support for displaced residents, communities near the front line and households whose homes were damaged by shelling.

During the previous winter, almost 9,500 families received 19,400 hryvnias each, while hundreds of households were supplied with heaters and insulation kits. UNHCR partners also equipped 25 modular homes in Zaporizhzhia for displaced families and delivered 50 mobile shelters, some of which had already been installed.

Further cooperation is expected to focus on evacuation-related assistance, repairs and winterization of housing, and backup power for vulnerable communities as colder weather approaches.