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Highlights (OCHA, Last Updated: 6 May 2022)

• Intense fighting and bombardments are ongoing in eastern and southern Ukraine while missile attacks continue across the country.
• The UN, in coordination with ICRC, supported the evacuation of civilians sheltering at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and nearby areas
• WHO warns that the negative impacts of first the COVID-19 pandemic and now the conflict on health care and vaccination rates increase the risk of outbreaks of diseases.
• As of 5 May, the UN and humanitarian partners have reached over 5.4 million people across Ukraine.
• As of 1 May, WFP has reached nearly 920,000 people with food through the distribution of rapid response rations.