They bring with them terrifying accounts of blaring sirens, nights spent hiding in basements and missiles whistling overhead. As the number of people desperately fleeing Ukraine passes 1 million and the United Nations warning that “at this rate” we are facing “the biggest refugee crisis this century”, we are announcing a major expansion in the charities that will benefit from our appeal.
From Thursday, all new funds raised will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal, launched on Thursday morning, which is bringing together 13 leading UK aid charities, including the Red Cross and Save the Children, the two groups we have supported so far. And the good news is that every pound donated by you, our readers, for the DEC appeal will be match-funded pound-for-pound by the UK Government up to £20 million.
