NEWSLINK: Without water, east Ukrainians struggle to survive

[“Without water, east Ukrainians struggle to survive” – AFP – June 12, 2014]

AFP covers the difficulties of accessing usable water for civilians caught up amidst instability in eastern Ukraine:

For the past week, since fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government troops led to the destruction of the water supply, a trip to the fountain on Lenin Square has become a daily routine for many people in Slavyansk. That’s the price they have to pay for living in a city which has been a stronghold of pro-Russian insurgents since April.

It’s a fate that they have to share with millions of others in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where the water supply has been curtailed or halted entirely. But in the streets of Slavyansk, a city of 120,000 residents, fighting takes place nearly every day. In those conditions, survival has become a constant struggle for the city’s helplessly trapped civilians — men, women and children.

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