A terrible crisis
After four days of war, Russia’s massive military offensive against Ukraine is only intensifying. The capital, Kiev, is under assault and resisting the invading force with all its might. Echoing the eight years of war that have ravaged the Donbas region, air-raid sirens, curfews and bombings have shattered the lives of the civilian population in the capital and many other cities. Over a hundred thousand terrorised people, most of them women and children, have fled the country seeking safety in neighbouring countries, especially Poland. And the war has just begun. If it rages on, more lives will be lost and millions more may seek refuge outside Ukraine.
