The United Nations is deeply concerned by the recent escalation of hostilities near water, electricity and gas supply infrastructure in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, UN Ukraine reports, with reference to a statement by Neal Walker, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Ukraine.
The ongoing economic blockade of the Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine takes toll on lives of thousands of people, trapped in the war-torn region, as legal owners of Ukrainian companies earlier seized by Russian-backed militants have ceased paying staff salaries, while all trade with the uncontrolled part of Donbas has been suspended, Hromadske International wrote in its report.