Ukraine's Red Cross to step up aid as fighting seen intensifying

FILE PHOTO: A missile trace is seen in a sky, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Ukrainian Red Cross is preparing for more aid to the civil population in the country's war-plagued zones in light of a possible new Russian offensive, the organization's general secretary said.

"Everyone expects some intensification of the fighting," Maksym Dotsenko told Reuters during a visit to the German capital Berlin.