Ukraine: Civilians in Besieged Chernihiv Need Access to Essentials
Facilitate Humanitarian Aid, Safe Evacuations, and Access to Water, Electricity Damaged residential buildings in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, where civilians have had limited access to running water, electricity, or heat since Russian forces escalated their assault on the city. Civilians in Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv have had limited access to running water, electricity, or heat since early March 2022, when Russian forces escalated their assault on the city, Human Rights Watch said today. Since at least March 24, Russian forces have effectively laid siege to the city, controlling almost all access to the city and attacking the bridge that provided…