Chernihiv running out of water as Russia accused of taking city hostage
by Daniel Boffey in Lviv from World news | The Guardian on (#5XDX3)
Water rationing imposed in besieged northern city, where about 150,000 people are also without heat and power
Russian forces have been accused of in effect taking hostage the people of the besieged Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, as desperate local officials imposed drinking water rationing on trapped civilians.
About 150,000 people are stuck in the northern city with little hope of aid after Russia cut them off from the capital, Kyiv, 100 miles south, by bombing a road bridge across the Desna River.
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