Red Cross fears ‘massive’ casualties in Ukraine

The Red Cross chief warned on Thursday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risked death and destruction at a scale “frightening to contemplate”. Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, said in a statement that Moscow’s invasion “has sent an ominous chill down my spine.” “We already see the immediate consequences for civilians, with the latest intensification triggering new displacement,” he said. Even before Thursday’s invasion, residents in the east of the […]