Nearly 3,000 packets of morning-after pills have been sent to the country as rape reports rise.
Charities are working to deliver emergency contraception into Ukrainian hospitals as reports of rape rise.
The International Planned Parenthood Federation has provided the pills, which volunteers are delivering."You have a window of five days in which [the morning-after pill] is effective in preventing pregnancy," she told the BBC. The organisation has also been sending medical abortion pills, which can be used up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
"Before the war it was possible to obtain emergency contraception in Ukraine, but supply chains have been disrupted and for women generally it's really important they can access this," she said.Many people are displaced across Ukraine, so it's hard for aid workers to know how many supplies are needed in which areas.for food and medicine for the city of Mariupol, which has been blocked off from humanitarian aid by Russian soldiers.
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