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Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, cries while holding the coffin of her son Vadym, 48, who was killed by Russian soldiers last March 30 in Bucha, during his funeral in the cemetery of Mykulychi, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022
INTENSIFIED fighting in eastern Ukraine may lead to a “senseless repeat” of the suffering and bloodshed that engulfed the port city of Mariupol, an international refugee charity warned today.
Several areas of the region are already in ruins, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a statement, following a five-day visit to the country by general secretary Jan Egeland.
“The escalation of war in east Ukraine will result in horrific bloodshed and mass displacement from the eastern regions, including Luhansk and Donetsk, retraumatising communities who have already suffered eight years of hostilities,” Mr Egeland said.
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
