Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Abp. Calls Ukraine a Humanitarian Catastrophe; Says It's E. Europe's Worst Conflict Since WWII

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) has said Ukraine is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" that is the most difficult calamity in Eastern Europe since the Second World War, the Ecumenical News website reports today (June 9, 2015).

"The [Russian] aggression against Ukraine is a challenge for preserving peace in the world which cannot pretend that nothing happens in Eastern Europe," said Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is an eastern (Greek Orthodox) rite Catholic Church in full communion with the church in Rome.

In Geneva, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) said today (June 9) that between mid-April 2014 and June 9, 2015, the crisis in Ukraine has internally displaced more than 1.3 million people. During the same period, at least 6,454 people -- both military and civilians -- have been killed and 16,146 wounded, according to estimates from the UN Human Rights Mission in Ukraine and the WHO (World Health Organization)," said OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke.

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