People who have fled fighting in eastern Ukraine find temporary accommodations at a summer camp for children in the Stavropol region of southern Russia. (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters)
With Thousands Now Dead, Ukraine Refugees Say Aid Is Welcome But Peace Is Better -- Washington Post
SHCHASTYA, Ukraine – Zhanna Sologub doesn’t know if the rocket that struck the courtyard of her house this month was fired by pro-Russian rebels or Ukrainian government forces.
What she does know, she said, is that the biggest humanitarian gesture either side could make right now is to stop the fighting.
Amid intensifying battles this past week for control of key cities in eastern Ukraine, Russia prepared to distribute food, medicine and other supplies that it delivered to rebel-held territory without Kiev’s consent. Ukraine has offered assistance of its own. But aid, some residents said this week, is not as critical as peace.
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More on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine:
Solace for the struggling: E. Ukrainians without water, food crave Russian aid -- RT
On east Ukraine front, residents make home in Soviet-era bomb shelter -- Reuters
My Comment: In every-way this conflict is getting worse .... and the refugee/humanitarian crisis is growing exponentially. On social media, hearing from my Ukrainian friends and family members .... they are all telling me the same thing .... a growing realization that even if the war should end today .... the bitterness, anger, and resentments that have been built up in the past four months may not be resolved for years. Coupled with the economic and personal destruction that many have now experienced .... I can easily say that it is going to take a few generations before this part of Ukraine (and Ukraine in general) before life that many knew before the civil war returns.
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