In eastern Ukraine, 1.6 million of the 2.9 million people in need are women, the UN says.

In eastern Ukraine, 1.6 million of the 2.9 million people in need are women, the UN says.

Conflict continues to blight the lives of civilians still living on the front lines in Ukraine’s Donbas region.
![The last checkpoint before the front line in the village of Slavne, eastern Ukraine. [Guillaume Binet/MYOP/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/01-Ukraine_donbass.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)