Ukraine: Gerry Turner says people still need help
‘The need for assistance is still as great.’
On my way into the centre of Prague, I see from the bus window a sign painted in block letters half-a-metre high: PUTIN MURDERS CHILDREN. The truth behind the slogan had been confirmed that same morning by the news that Russian missiles had once more claimed the lives of children after a drone attack on the centre of Kharkiv. But children and other civilians have been dying since the first moments of the invasion. UN reports spoke of 1,300 civilian deaths in Mariupol during the three months of the siege.
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