About Paula: Ukraine's War: Elderly Lives Frozen By Conflict: ukraine_elderly_bronsteinlowres15

Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic (DPR):Antonina Kondratiyevna, 77, stands in her neighbor's home, destroyed during heavy battles between Ukrainian army and pro-Russian militia in 2014-2015. She and her elderly sister are among few residents living in the devastated neighborhood near Donetsk airport.After more than four years of war the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has a human toll that is staggering. The war has displaced more than 1.6 million with over 2,500 civilians killed and 9,000 injured. Some 200,000 people live under constant fear of shelling every day, with nearly a third of the 3.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance over 60 years of age. Ukraine has the highest proportion of elderly affected by war in the world.

Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic (DPR):

Antonina Kondratiyevna, 77, stands in her neighbor's home, destroyed during heavy battles between Ukrainian army and pro-Russian militia in 2014-2015. She and her elderly sister are among few residents living in the devastated neighborhood near Donetsk airport.

After more than four years of war the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has a human toll that is staggering. The war has displaced more than 1.6 million with over 2,500 civilians killed and 9,000 injured. Some 200,000 people live under constant fear of shelling every day, with nearly a third of the 3.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance over 60 years of age. Ukraine has the highest proportion of elderly affected by war in the world.