Parts of Eastern Ukraine denied food aid for months

For the first time in months, food aid has reached Luhansk in the war-torn Eastern Ukraine. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today a 12-truck convoy arrived in Luhansk earlier this week. The trucks brought rations enough to feed 7,000 people.

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Hospital patients, students need food in Ukraine

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said this week it’s started a distribution of food to 7,000 war victims in Eastern Ukraine. Teaming up with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the food will be given to hospital patients and students.

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UN food convoy reaches Donetsk, Ukraine

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday its trucks had reached parts of Donetsk, Ukraine for the first time in 3 months. Food aid was delivered to areas of the city which are not under government control.

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Ukraine: hunger relief mission to increase

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says it will be increasing the size of its relief mission in the Ukraine. Hunger continues to escalate there because of the conflict between the government and pro-Russian rebels.

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Eisenhower's Food for Peace at work in Ukraine

The war in the Ukraine has created a hunger emergency for thousands of civilians. A program started way back by President Dwight Eisenhower has started coming to the rescue.

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UN says food urgently needed in Ukraine

The United Nations says there is an urgent need to feed over 670,000 displaced persons in the Eastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine: low funding threatens mission

The United Nations warns that its humanitarian mission in the Ukraine is in serious jeopardy due to lack of funds. The year long conflict between the government and pro-Russian rebels has caused massive displacement and disruption of basic services for civilians.

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Ukraine: trapped civilians low on food

The United Nations is reporting heavy fighting in the Ukraine, with more civilians fleeing for their lives. Some are now trapped in bomb shelters or basements, with little or no food, water and other basics

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Ukraine War: Shelling and Hunger Killing Civilians

They were civilians standing in line at the Rinat Akhmetov Humanitarian Centre in Donetsk, Ukraine. This was aid they needed because of the war between the government and pro-Russian separatists.

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Urgent food needs in war-torn Ukraine

As fighting escalates in the Ukraine, so too is hunger. The war between Ukraine’s government and pro-Russian rebels is spiraling the country into a food emergency.

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Ukraine fighting escalates, food needs grow

Fighting has intensified in the Eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. The country is also plunging deeper into a hunger crisis.

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The Forgotten Wars in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq

There is a terrifying enemy threatening civilians in war-torn Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. This is another foe besides the Taliban, Al Qaeda, the Syrian regime or ISIS.

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New year dawns with hunger crisis in Ukraine

As we head into the new year, a hunger crisis continues to grow in war-torn Ukraine. The government and pro-Russian rebels continue to battle in the Eastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine: food shortages take their toll

My latest Huffington Post column was on the emergency food needs in the the war-torn Ukraine. Now comes further evidence of how hunger is escalating there.

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