UN warns humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine ‘extremely alarming’

• The situation in and around Severodonetsk, the eastern Ukrainian city where weeks of violent warfare have raged, is “particularly worrying,” the UN says.
• UN said on Friday that the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine is “extremely alarming” and getting worse.
• The war is “taking a tremendous toll on civilians, especially relief workers,” according to the report by OCHA.

The UN said on Friday that the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine is “extremely alarming” and getting worse. This is four months after the Russian invasion.

Nearly four months after the start of the war, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, notably in the eastern Donbas, is exceedingly frightening and continues to deteriorate rapidly, as per a statement from the UN’s humanitarian organisation, OCHA.

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It is reported that hundreds of citizens are stuck in the city, with some taking refuge at the local chemical plant.

According to a UN statement, “access to clean water, food, sanitation, and energy is shrinking” in the city.

As “active hostilities continue to escalate” in eastern Ukraine, the war is “taking a tremendous toll on civilians, especially relief workers,” according to the report.

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