Author: Evgeniy Maloletka
-
‘Constantly depressing’: Ukrainian town watches war close in
—
by
TORETSK, Ukraine • War has again drawn near to Toretsk in eastern Ukraine. Even the sudden crackling of a plastic water bottle puts residents on edge. “Anything that is happening, any noise, if our neighbors bang the door, a metal door, you are shocked,” said resident Andriy Cheromushkin. “You feel so helpless.” Half of the…
-
Russians keep pressure on Mariupol after hospital attack
—
by
MARIUPOL, Ukraine • Civilians trapped inside Mariupol desperately scrounged for food and fuel as Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the port city Thursday amid international condemnation over an airstrike a day earlier that killed three people at a maternity hospital. Western and Ukrainian officials called the hospital attack in Mariupol a war crime…