CIVILIANS FACE ‘DIRE’ SITUATION AMID ONGOING HOSTILITIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE, UN WARNS

On 1 February 2017, sisters Vika and Yulia are waiting in a bus to be evacuated from the town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region of Ukraine. Following intense fighting at the end of January 2017, more than 17,000 people are facing freezing weather without any heating, electricity or water. Photo: UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

RELATED Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine extracting heavy civilian toll, UN Security Council hears Briefing the Security Council on the situation in eastern Ukraine, the top United Nations political and humanitarian officials underlined today that continuing fighting in the region, with only short periods of respite, have exasperated human suffering. Read more