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.
In the second of two articles, DANIEL POWELL looks behind the headlines celebrating Ukrainian resistance to a complex reality of neonazi battalions, forced conscription and sabotaged peace deals
