Viktor

Viktor was wounded while queuing for water. In war zones, some of the basic products and services, such as water, gas or electricity are often inaccessible. The situation often does not get better even when heavy fights stop. There is running water again in Avdeevka and the local coking plant supplies heating to the town during the winter. However, in the surrounding villages, the situation is still hopeless. The fire has destroyed local wells and damaged pumps. Therefore, some humanitarian organizations import the most basic commodity – drinking water – in plastic barrels.

The situation does not get better even in winter because there is neither firewood, nor coal available. The front line has cut off the supplies of coal that used to be so common in Donbass that it became the symbol of the region. Now it is inaccessible. Some of the neighbouring woods might be save in terms of mines, but the firewood there has all been collected.