More than 17,000 people in a Ukrainian town are facing temperatures far below freezing with no heating or electricity after fighting destroyed power and water lines, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday.
Intense shelling around the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine on Sunday halted power supply to heating systems as temperatures plummeted to minus 17 degrees Celsius (1 degree Fahrenheit).
The situation could have catastrophic consequences for the residents of the town, including 2,500 children, UNICEF said.
Russian-backed separatist rebels and government forces have been trading blame for a flare-up in violence in the industrial east that has caused the …read more
Source: Voice of America
