Irish Examiner view: A glimmer of light in these dark times

Amid the horrors of Bucha and Mariupol, this is a commendable effort to provide sustenance to the people of Ukraine

Residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine, look on as an apartment building burns amid yesterday's continued Russian bombardment. Picture: Felipe Dana/AP

Work such as that of World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Ukraine right now is a small glimmer of light in a humanitarian horror show of biblical proportions.

The simple act of preparing and providing food for some of the millions of people fleeing the war, as well as the thousands still in Ukraine, is an act of defiance in itself against those who wish to crush the country and the people within it.