UKRAINE - Quarterly humanitarian access update - MAIN DEVELOPMENTS IN UKRAINE BETWEEN 1 JULY AND 30 SEPTEMBER 2024

In Sumska, access to the 20km zone from the border required prior permission, while in Donetska, the curfew was extended to 16 hours in Kostiantynivka and 20 hours in Selydove and Kurakhove (Ukrinform 27/08/2024 and 17/08/2024). [...] RAION ACCESS OF PEOPLE ACCESS OF PHYSICAL, ACCESS As a result, given heightened safety and security concerns in the oblast, Russian military IN NEED TO HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENTAL, SCORE advances and an increased risk of first-person view (FPV) drone and rocket attacks have HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANISATIONS TO AND SECURITY deteriorated access for humanitarians and civilians (KII 02/10/2024 b). [...] Access severity at the raion level in Zaporizka oblast by 30 September RAION ACCESS OF PEOPLE ACCESS OF PHYSICAL, ACCESS Source: ACAPS accessed 07/10/2024 IN NEED TO HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENTAL, SCORE HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANISATIONS TO AND SECURITY On 22 September, for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, PEOPLE IN NEED CONSTRAINTS Russian forces attacked Zaporiz. [...] Change in newly reported damage to civilian infrastructure between Donetska oblast April–June and July–September 2024 in the most affected oblasts The worsening security situation in the frontline communities of Myrnohrad, Novohrodivka, Pokrovsk, and Selydove in August led the oblast military administration to announce several mandatory evacuations of minors with at least one guardian from these c. [...] Khersonska oblast On 10 August, as Russian troops intensified the use of drones and other types of weapons on Mandatory evacuations the right bank of the Dnipro river in the oblast, mandatory evacuation was expanded to seven settlements and the Hydropark and Naftohavan districts of Kherson city (Suspilne 10/08/2024).