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Ukraine conflict 2015

In eastern Ukraine, the generosity of people abounds. ÒHow could I refuse a person with a small child? I have two cats scratching at my door, but how could I leave a small child outside in these conditions?Ó Garina, 66, who took in Ireena, 34, and her daughter Masha, 3. ..Catholic Relief Services (CRS) teams are providing critical humanitarian relief in key areas of the Ukraine, where 1.5 million people have fled their homes as a result of the armed conflict between Ukrainian government forces and separatist groups in the Donbas regions. After a period of relative calm in December, events in mid-January 2015 showed an alarming escalation of hostilities in eastern Ukraine by pro-separatist rebels who identify with their Russian roots and seek independence from the Ukraine and Ukrainian forces fighting to keep the regions under government control...Photo by Volodymyr Nechaiev for Catholic Relief Services

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Uploaded on February 18, 2015
Taken on February 5, 2015