For Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizha, the situation in Eastern Ukraine is dramatic: his diocese encompasses almost the entire eastern part of Ukraine, including areas that are no longer under the control of the government in Kyiv.
Crossmap: For Catholics in Ukraine ‘the situation in the war zones is catastrophic’
Families wait to enter a centre providing aid for people who have fled the fighting in eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 22, 2014, in Kyiv. A coordinator at the centre said some 8,000 families displaced by fighting in the east of Ukraine have received humanitarian assistance at this centre set up by volunteers in Kyiv.
