The U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch says travel restrictions imposed by the government of Ukraine have contributed to serious delays in delivery of medical care in rebel-controlled areas of the east.
Rights Group Warns Ukraine Travel Restrictions Impede Health Care
![People queue to receive humanitarian aid in the town of Debaltseve, northeast from Donetsk, March 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8cd04523-1747-463a-b4a7-34e6d3c891d7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People queue to receive humanitarian aid in the town of Debaltseve, northeast from Donetsk, March 13, 2015.
![People queue for free food distributed by pro-Russian rebels in the village of Chornukhyne near the town of Debaltseve, March 12, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6e4eccf2-7979-4d02-a195-802c1a431525_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People queue for free food distributed by pro-Russian rebels in the village of Chornukhyne near the town of Debaltseve, March 12, 2015.
![A woman pushes a bicycle past a destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, March 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0092db97-88c6-4ff3-99fa-d2f20c01f13e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman pushes a bicycle past a destroyed house in the town of Debaltseve, March 13, 2015.
![Women walk past a destroyed Ukranian army armored personnel carrier in the town of Debaltseve, March 13, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80d03acf-02f4-4a86-b2af-de0fbf377322_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women walk past a destroyed Ukranian army armored personnel carrier in the town of Debaltseve, March 13, 2015.