With reports of growing violence in Ukraine in the countdown to an anticipated cease-fire, the International Rescue Committee is sending an emergency team to the country’s eastern region to respond to what it calls an “alarming” rise in humanitarian needs.
With reports of growing violence in Ukraine in the countdown to an anticipated cease-fire, the International Rescue Committee is sending an emergency team to the country’s eastern region to respond to what it calls an “alarming” rise in humanitarian needs.
Nearly a year of fighting between government and rebel forces has upended the lives of more than five million people in Ukraine. Over one million of them have been displaced inside the country and 639,000 have fled to neighboring countries.