Women sort out sets of food additives in South Sudan. Runway: conflicts and hunger lead South Sudan to the edge of the abyss Humanitarian assistance vulnerable families in the northeast of Southern Sudan are in a critical situation: their survival is threatened by the escalation of the conflict and the record scale of hunger. This was warned on Wednesday by the Universal Food Program of the UN (VPP). Currently, almost 7.7 million people in South Sudan are experiencing hunger, which, according to the methodology of the runway, is classified as “crisis”, “extraordinary” or “catastrophic”. This figure is approaching record indicators. main severity of the current crisis is the Verkhny Nile region, which suffered from the conflict, is. Only in this province of this province a million people fight with heavy hunger. The situation is aggravated as the refugees who are saved from the war in neighboring Sudan arrive in this province. Today there are already more than 1.1 million. The UN World Food Program seeks to provide the Upper Nile Provinces with food assistance to more than 450 thousand people, giving priority to those who were in the conditions of emergency and catastrophic hunger. However, active hostilities and lack of security complicate the delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid in the six districts of the province. The efforts of the runway also undermine increased tension along the vital river routes of assistance. ~ 60 > besides a lack of food, the upper Nile is now struggling with an outbreak of cholera. The other day, humanitarian organizations, led by the runway, delivered 35 tons of materials for the fight against cholera, as well as sanitary means, ~ 60 > 60 > despite the difficult problems in the field of logistics and ensuring security, the Malakal of more than nine thousand tons of producing, which was delivered to the injured areas of the provinces. Enough to provide for more than a million people for a month. Additional reserves are located in Bor and the capital of Dzhuba. At the same time, the runway is in a lack of funding in the amount of $ 396 million, which threatens the possibility of continuing operations to save lives in the remaining months of 2025. 62 ~ in its statement on Wednesday to ensure the safety of their employees, humanitarian supply and people who are assisted. Against the backdrop of the growing threat of a humanitarian catastrophe in South Sudan, the runway called on the international community to urgent support to close the financing deficit and ensure the delivery of vital assistance to those who are in extreme need.