OPERATIONAL UPDATE > Ukraine Operation / DECEMBER 2021 with one-time DAFI support for educational purposes, such as study materials and travel expenses. Key Figures Result achieved in December 2021 598 252 Persons received legal assistance 27 Persons were assisted in accessing healthcare (refugees and asylum-seekers) Persons received psychosocial assistance (refugees and asylum-seekers) (refugees and asylum-seekers) 103 50 Persons provided with language training for livelihoods Persons provided with guidance on livelihoods opportunities (refugees and asylum-seekers) (refugees and asylum-seekers) Stateless Persons and Persons with Undetermined Nationality Capacity Building and Institutional Support  In line with UNHCR’s advocacy and technical advice, the 2023 Census is likely to include a question on citizenship formulated to capture the scale of statelessness in Ukraine. The question will collect information on the number of persons who consider themselves stateless or with their citizenship not determined, and their demographics, socio-economic background and place of residence. On 8 December, the joint session of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine Collegium and the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences approved the 2023 Ukraine Census questionnaire, which contains more than 50 questions and defines a list of demographic and socio-economic characteristics of individuals, households and the population living conditions. The questionnaire is still pending review by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.  On 2 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner R2P conducted an online round table with the specialists from Kyiv city and the regional Migration Service to discuss shortcomings in and ways to improve the statelessness determination procedure (SDP). Another roundtable training on SDP implementation was organized on 9 December by UNHCR’s NGO partner TTA for SMS officers from Odesa oblast.  Considering that many undocumented people in Ukraine live in small villages, on 21 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner R2P conducted a webinar for representatives of amalgamated territorial communities and social services in Kyiv and Kharkiv oblasts who work directly with people at the local level on SDP and ways of identifying stateless persons.  On 22 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner TTA held a round table in Odesa with representatives of local SMS units, civil registry offices, children services and others to share challenges and potential solutions in documenting persons with undetermined nationality, also reflecting on achievements and results achieved in 2021.  On 22 December, UNHCR’s NGO partner R2P conducted an online training on statelessness issues for 60 students from Mariupol in Donetsk oblast. Key Figures Result achieved in December 2021 www.unhcr.org 4