Ukraine - Back from Luhansk (INT)

She spent four months in Luhansk, an area under separatist control.

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Ukraine - Back from Luhansk (ENG)

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF149632

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/07/2015 12:00 AM

Country Ukraine

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Armelle Loiseau

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Amande Bazerolle was an emergency coordinator in Ukraine.
She spent four months in Luhansk, an area under separatist control.
I crossed the frontline a few times. It’s like a border, but it isn’t one. There were various places where you could cross, and people used to go by public transport. But, on June 16 a decree was passed, and now there aren’t so many so it can take several days. People, especially the elderly, want to see their families or access their bank accounts, which they can’t do in the non-government zone. Or maybe they just want to go shopping, because it’s much cheaper on the Ukrainian side.
It’s hard to give a general impression of what it’s like in Ukraine’s separatist areas. It depends if you’re on the frontline, in a big town or in the country. Some places were partially or even totally destroyed during the conflict. There’s nothing to build with so people live in houses without windows. It was really hard last winter. People in the country can grow things in their gardens so living conditions have improved for them. But others, like the elderly, who are close to the frontline and can’t get around, are confined in their homes in places where there’s quite a lot of shelling.

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