UN appeals for $4.2 billion to support war-ravaged Ukraine, refugees

A local resident removes debris at the site where a residential building was destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine December 29, 2023. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations and its partners on Monday appealed for a combined $4.2 billion from donors to support war-ravaged communities in Ukraine as well as Ukrainian refugees in 2024.

"Hundreds of thousands of children live in communities on the front lines of the war, terrified, traumatized and deprived of their basic needs," said U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths.