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Hard lines: Access issues deepen Ukraine aid crisis

No respite for frontline communities

By Kristina Jovanovski

Elena is about to go through a Ukrainian government checkpoint near the eastern town of Stanytsia Luhanska and cross the blown-up bridge into rebel-held territory.

She is waiting to get back to Luhansk, the de facto capital of the “Luhansk People’s Republic”, after a quick dash across the frontline of Ukraine’s war to pick up essential items.

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