Issue 2: Impacts on Individuals, Families and Communities

Question 1

What is the impact of high casualty rates on individuals?

Answer 1

Grief and loss, mental and physical ill health as a result of trauma, increased poverty, separation of families.

Question 2

What is the social impact of destruction of infrastructure?

Answer 2

• It forces migration/evacuation
• cities are inhabitable in winter without power
• causes ill health, hospitals are unable to function properly

Question 3

What does internally displaced mean?

Answer 3

Being forced to live in another part of your country where it is deemed to be safer

Question 4

How many people do the UN estimate are currently internally displaced within Ukraine?

Answer 4

5 million

Question 5

How many homes in Ukraine have been destroyed? (estimated)

Answer 5

1.2 million homes (UN estimate)

Question 6

How many Ukrainians have migrated over the Polish border?

Answer 6

3.5 million

Question 7

How many Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes?

Answer 7

14 million

Question 8

What is the economic impact of destruction of infrastructure?

Answer 8

Business failure and huge repair costs

Question 9

How many Ukrainians have become refugees in other countries?

Answer 9

6.26 million (UN estimate)

Question 10

How much damage (in $) has been done to housing?

Answer 10

$50 billion (estimate)

Question 11

What ages are affected by conscription to the Ukrainian armed forces?

Answer 11

Men aged 16-60

Question 12

Out of 3.5 million refugees living in Poland, what % are children?

Answer 12

50%

Question 13

What ways may the war affect the children of Ukraine?

Answer 13

• nightmares
• paranoia
• PTSD

Question 14

What is the estimated repair bill for repairing the destruction to infrastructure?

Answer 14

$100 billion+

Question 15

Which cities in Ukraine have been worst hit?

Answer 15

The port city of Mariupol, as well as Kherson and Kharkiv

Question 16

What problems does the destruction of infrastructure cause for hospitals?

Answer 16

They may not be able to function properly as no power means lifesaving equipment cannot run.

Question 17

What key infrastructure has Russia targeted specifically in Ukraine?

Answer 17

Power supply, water supply and roads/bridges

Question 18

What is infrastructure?

Answer 18

The name given to the basic physical facilities and systems that help countries run and operate properly (i.e. roads, bridges, power supply)

Question 19

What did Aljazeera estimate that Ukrainian civilian deaths were in July 2023?

Answer 19

9,000 civilians, including 500 children