Since the onset of the war in 2022, 4 million people remain internally displaced while 6.8 million refugees from Ukraine have been reported globally. As of 2025, over 12 million people in Ukraine, including nearly 2 million children , are in desperate need of varying forms of humanitarian support.

 

What happened?
The most recent multi-prong military invasion of Ukraine marks just the latest in Russian aggression against Ukraine and its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. In 2014, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine for its strategic access to the Black Sea and Russia continues to support pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Violence has again erupted throughout the country, threatening the security and safety of millions of people.

What is JRS doing to respond?

While we hope that they will soon be able to return safely, JRS and the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) are mobilizing resources worldwide through the One Proposal since the beginning of the conflict. The ongoing response has helped keep hope alive in the midst of the crisis, but the need continues to grow.

• In Ukraine, Jesuits are hosting people who are fleeing their homes in the Jesuit refugee house in Lviv.
• In Romania, JRS is supporting people arriving at reception centers along the border and providing shelter.
• In Poland, JRS is providing basic supplies, and organizing legal, administrative, and psychological support.
• In Hungary, JRS is providing food and medicines, as well as organizing longer-term accommodation support.
• JRS offices in South-east Europe are also organizing to welcome and accommodate people feeling Ukraine.
• JRS is monitoring the response of the European Union and advocating for fair welcome and protection of all people fleeing Ukraine.

JRS, together with partners, have accompanied and served more than 115,000 people.For more information,please download the 2024 One Proposal Fact Sheet.

What can I do to respond?

There are ways that you can help those who have been forced to flee from the conflict in Ukraine:

• Give: support JRS’s response and our work in Europe, where we continue to accompany, serve, and advocate for those forced to flee from war and conflict. Your support is needed during this devastating time.
• Pray: use this prayer.
• Learn: Learn about the ongoing crisis and how JRS is mobilizing in the region to support refugees from Ukraine