UN reports humanitarian strains in Ukraine, Haiti and Somalia.

UN agencies warned that attacks on Ukraine’s energy and health infrastructure have left many women at heightened risk, a UN report linked most gangs in Haiti to child trafficking and exploitation, and the World Food Programme said Somalia’s emergency food assistance could stop by April without new funding.

UN agencies issued warnings on 20 February 2026 about humanitarian pressures in three countries. In Ukraine, UN humanitarian officials highlighted the effects of repeated attacks on energy and health systems on women’s safety, mobility and livelihoods. A UN report on Haiti documented widespread involvement of gangs in trafficking and exploitation of children. The World Food Programme alerted that its emergency food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could end soon without new funding. Key facts: - Ukraine: UN Women reported that about 65 percent of the country’s energy generation capacity has been destroyed and that more than 5,000 women and girls have been killed and about 14,000 injured since February 2022, with 2025 reported as particularly deadly. - Ukraine: Extended blackouts and transport limitations were reported as restricting women’s mobility and affecting jobs in education, health and social services; the status of a coordinated next step was not specified. - Haiti: A UN report found that most of the 26 gangs operating in the country are involved in child trafficking and that children are being exploited for errands, extortion, surveillance and violence. - Haiti: In 2024 the UN estimated over 500,000 children lived in gang-controlled areas and more than 1.4 million people were displaced, about half of them children. - Somalia: The WFP said emergency food and nutrition assistance has already been reduced and could cease by April without urgent new funding; assistance fell from 2.2 million people in early 2025 to just over 600,000. Summary: The statements show prolonged and overlapping humanitarian strains on women in Ukraine, children in Haiti and households in Somalia. For Somalia, the WFP gave a specific funding deadline and warned assistance could stop by April; for Haiti the report called for strengthened social protections and accountability measures. Undetermined at this time.