Speaking to Anna Cunningham on Times Radio Early Breakfast, ICRCs spokesperson Alyona Syneko said that it is extremely difficult for the Red Cross to reach bombarded and desolated cities in Ukraine.
She said: “It is very difficult to get there safely because theres a lot of unexploded ordnance still on the road, so also extremely difficult for us to be responding to the situation because we cannot bring big trucks for now, because the roads are just not safe enough.”
She talked about the inhumane conditions Ukrainians left in the country are faced with. She said: “When we ask people what they need, the first thing they mentioned is water, then they say that they need bread and generators to be able to charge their phones.
“So its water, bread, and a little bit of electricity to stay connected to their loved ones. So this is like you can just imagine, these are really the basics of the basics.
“I think that gives you a good idea of what the humanitarian situation is like. Weve been to peoples houses were elders, like I saw an elderly man dying alone in a house, dark, without electricity, without heating, without running water.
“Some of the images that we saw there are just inhumane.”
Alyona Syneko also talked about how ICRC is trying to reach Irpin and Bucha “where scores of civilians were massacred…, hands bound and had been shot in the head or chest.”
Listen to Alyona Synekos interview in full on Times Radio.
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