The escalation of the fighting in Ukraine has forced more than 10 million people from Ukraine to cross the border into neighboring countries since late February, according to UNCHR Russia currently hosts more than 2 million people displaced by the conflict.
In the last few months, MSF scaled up its assistance to our partner organisations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow ensuring continuation of HIV treatment for people displaced by the conflict in Ukraine and other people in need.
The southern regions of Russia (Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod among them) are hosting many people, fleeing the armed conflict.
In spring 2022, MSF started to support displaced people in the southern regions of Russia. MSF in collaboration with local NGOs delivered essential relief items including food, hygiene items and medical consumables. In May 2022, MSF launched a hotline in Voronezh with an aim to provide referral services to medico-social support to displaced people from Ukraine.
MSF through local organisations, social workers and local health providers, aims to link populations in need to existing medical and humanitarian services and improve their ability to receive the needed medical and humanitarian support.
As of end of August, MSF with the support of local specialists has responded to the needs of almost 500 people that have been displaced and impacted by the escalation of this conflict earlier this year.