Friday, December 05, 2014

In the bleak midwinter: Hundreds of Ukrainians forced to queue up in the snow in Donetsk as they wait for their monthly aid packages


Ukrainians stood in long queues in the bleak snow as they waited to receive humanitarian aid in Donetsk yesterday.

Lined up outside Donbass hockey stadium, hundreds of mainly elderly residents waited for the distribution of the aid packages, shipped across the border by Russia.

Kiev has cut aid to the eastern regions held by pro-Russian rebels since soon after Western-backed protesters toppled Ukraine’s pro-Moscow president in February .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk