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‘People Starving’ in Eastern Ukraine as Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds


Vulnerable people living in east Ukraine are in serious danger of starving if normal government services aren’t restored by the government in Kiev. In November 2014 the decision was made to stop social benefits being sent to east meaning, among other things, that elderly Ukranians in the region are no longer receiving their pensions.
Krasimir Yankov, Amnesty International’s Ukrainian researcher described the situation in the east as “dire”, saying: “[Kiev] have cut off these regions from the Ukrainian financial situation. People can’t get money from the bank, ATMs don’t work, they can’t to electrical transactions. We saw huge queues outside …read more

Source: Newsweek

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