Brandi Whitaker
Shivering,
Hungry and Tearful in Rebel-Held Eastern Ukraine
This is an article that I
got off The New York Times website, it was written by Rick Lyman today, February
6, 2015. “About 200 refugees, 50 of them
children, cower in the subterranean bomb shelter of a children’s arts center in
Petrovsky district, on the far western edge of Donetsk. Three days earlier, a
shell had exploded across from Nikita’s apartment, pitting the walls of his
building, shattering windows and sending a fresh delivery of razor-sharp metal
into his bedroom wall.” These two-hundred individuals were kept in very
uncomfortable conditions such as cots set on top of bricks, buckets for
bathrooms, and a basement to call a home. To have people placed in these harsh conditions
and freezing cold in the winter is simply inhumane. Even though heat is not considered
a need for human survival, living uncomfortably on a regular basis is not
something that should be going on.I see what the purpose was here, but I feel
like it could have been done so much better. I feel that if Ukraine wanted to protect
its citizens then they could have gotten them out of the dangerous situation while
at the same time placing them into better conditions. I think that this is so
sad, I am glad that I did this assignment however. It really opened my eyes, it
made me open my eyes a little. Even with all the complaining that I do Americans,
when you really look at it don’t have it so bad afterall.
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