Evaluation during war: Current realities and future possibilities of Ukrainian monitoring and evaluation

As of mid-September 2022, there are nearly 17.7 million people in need in Ukraine. As many as 14 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including 7.3 million refugees and 7 million displaced persons within Ukraine. The number of confirmed civilian casualties amounted to 13,212 people.1 18.9 per cent of Ukraine’s landmass is occupied by Russian forces, the frontline is constantly changing and all regions of the country, without exception, are a target of constant missile strikes. Russia is clearly not limiting its firing upon military targets but on medical and educational facilities, residential areas, as well as evacuation and volunteer centres. In such conditions, Ukrainian non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government, businesses and volunteers are working on aiding those in need and restoring the devastated territories. The unfolding conflict has made most civil society organisations (CSOs) focus on humanitarian aid and reorient their activities from development into the humanitarian sphere, where they have had to provide vital supplies and essentials in the shortest possible time to a larger number of civilians, the military or participants of the Territorial Defence Forces.