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Updates to this page
Published 9 December 2016 Last updated 28 January 2025 +show all updates
Guidance on the security situation in Ukraine has been updated. A new country policy and information note on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has been added.
Accessible version of information on security situation published.
Guidance on the security situation and military service published.
Information on 'actors of protection' was removed as it is no longer valid.
Removed the following country policy and information notes as they are no longer valid: Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk; internal relocation; organised crime and corruption; minority groups; sexual orientation and gender identity; and, gender based violence.
Information on 'actors of protection' updated.
Removed 'Ukraine: country background note'.
Removed out of date report on Ukraine: victims of trafficking, dated May 2016.
Country policy and information note on military service for December 2020.
Updated information on military service.
Added country information and guidance on organised crime.
Removed country policy and information note: prison conditions, Ukraine, April 2017.
Updated country information and assessment.
Country information and guidance: background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation, Ukraine, August 2016 replaced with three separate documents.
New country policy and information note on military service.
Replaced women fearing domestic violence document with new version.
Updated guidance on Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk published.
Updated guidance on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Updated guidance on 'Military service' and 'Prison conditions'.
New country policy and information note on minority groups.
