Vulnerable people living in east Ukraine are in
serious danger of starving if normal government services aren’t restored
by the government in Kiev. In November 2014 the decision was made to
stop social benefits being sent to east meaning, among other things,
that elderly Ukranians in the region are no longer receiving their
pensions.
Krasimir Yankov, Amnesty International’s Ukrainian
researcher described the situation in the east as “dire”, saying:
“[Kiev] have cut off these regions from the Ukrainian financial
situation. People can’t get money from the bank, ATMs don’t work, they
can’t make electronic transactions. We saw huge queues outside the post
offices as now people have to go there to access their money.”
Yankov, who made several visits to the eastern territories
in December 2014, estimated that “Local authorities have told us that
60% in Luhansk are entirely dependent on humanitarian aid. Things might
be OK in the bigger cities but in small villages and towns it’s not.”
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