The inhabitants move around like shadows, eyes dull and faces weary with hardship, dressed in several layers of worn-out sweatshirts, vests and jackets.
The hospital lies in a residential area full of five-story blocks with missing roofs, gaping holes in the walls and gutted windows.
Alexander Zuyev, the team’s supervisor, says it is not within his power to help Dvornikova and her fellow lodgers because the hospital, like many buildings in the neighborhood, has been too heavily damaged.
Ukraine’s Social Affairs Ministry says the government has compensations measures in place for damaged houses, adding that regional governments are obliged to provide temporary accommodation …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
