(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 31 – The Norwegian Refugee Council has declared that up to 12,000 civilians remain trapped and in need of help in the eastern city of Severodonetsk, where Russian troops are advancing. “I am horrified to see Severodonetsk, the thriving city where we had our operational headquarters, become the epicenter of another chapter in the brutal war in Ukraine,” said Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, “we fear that up to 12,000 civilians remain trapped in the city’s crossfire, without sufficient access to water, food, medicine or electricity. ” (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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