CNN: Ukraine crisis: Growing sense of despair
Ukraine's prolonged crisis and political stalemate are causing a growing sense of despair and isolation among millions living in the conflict zone, the United Nations warned in a report released Thursday.
The fragile ceasefire is pierced daily by violations, while the number of conflict-related civilian casualties keeps climbing.
"There is a terrible sensation of physical, political, social and economic isolation and abandonment among the huge number of people -- more than 3 million in all -- who are struggling to eke out a living in the conflict zone," said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein. "They are in urgent need of greater protection and support."
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WNU Editor: Everything I call my relatives in Ukraine I hear the same thing .... times are tough .... and getting tougher. But even among all of this misery .... everyone is still optimistic that everything will be OK in the end. That is the Russian/Ukraine spirit that I know.
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