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WFP: Ukraine operations scaled but global donations lag, forcing cuts elsewhere
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Corinne Fleisher said WFP has returned to Ukraine and is serving about 2,000,000 people mainly at front lines while investing roughly $1.2 billion locally; she warned that donations reverting to pre‑COVID levels have forced cuts in other programs such as in Syria.
Corinne Fleisher, regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe at the World Food Programme (WFP), said the agency redeployed to Ukraine after pulling back in 2018 and now reaches about 2,000,000 people, mainly near front lines, with cash and food assistance.
Fleisher described meeting displaced families in Sumy Oblast and related efforts to support local recovery: WFP said it has invested over $1,200,000,000 in the local…
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