About Paula: Ukraine's War: Elderly Lives Frozen By Conflict: ukraine_elderly_bronsteinlowres18

Mayorsk, Eastern Ukraine : An elderly handicapped woman slowly makes her way along the border crossing to Donetsk , People's Republic (DPR) after making the exhausting journey to get her pension in Eastern Ukraine. 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.

Mayorsk, Eastern Ukraine : An elderly handicapped woman slowly makes her way along the border crossing to Donetsk , People's Republic (DPR) after making the exhausting journey to get her pension in Eastern Ukraine.

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.