The U.N. Children’s Fund reports more than 1,000 children are forced to seek refuge in underground bomb shelters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk because of ongoing fighting and heavy shelling.
UNICEF says these children are living in appalling conditions, suffering enormous levels of stress and are in urgent need of help.
The agency staff is expressing surprise at the depth of suffering and deprivation to which some of the children are being subjected.
A UNICEF team recently visited Donetsk, which is under intense fire from both government and rebel forces.
Speaking from the capital Kyiv, UNICEF Representative in Ukraine Giovanna Barberis …read more
Source: Voice of America
