The Russian government makes an application for Humanitarian Aid for Ukrainian Citizens

The Russian government makes an application for Humanitarian Aid for Ukrainian Citizens

The Russian government makes an application for Humanitarian Aid for Ukrainian Citizens

Joint Coordination Headquarters Statement for Humanitarian Response (16 August 2022)
August 16, 2022

The Joint Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response, in collaboration with the competent federal executive authorities, continues to record various facts of criminal acts by the Kiev regime against civilians, as well as the use of medical infrastructure for military purposes by Ukrainian armed formations:

in the Donetsk People's Republic:

in Aleksandrovka, Ukrainian armed formations are concentrated in the hospital building (Dzerzhinskogo Street), armored vehicles are deployed in the surrounding area, and residents of nearby houses have not been evacuated;

in Artemovsk, AFU units were placed on the territory of the tuberculosis hospital (Mariupolskaya Street), roadblocks and shooting points were deployed, and approaches to the building were mined, but the local population was deliberately not warned about this;

in Kramatorsk, AFU units have equipped the barracks and armory of the city mental hospital (Ye. Bilokur Street), and artillery and MLRS have been deployed on the territory of the institution, from where they systematically opened fire on nearby settlements;

In Novye Sanzhary, Poltava Region, fighters of the Azov battalion were stationed in the medical center (Kurartnaya Street), ammunition depots were equipped, while medical staff and patients were cynically expelled from medical facilities by the nationalists.

Such actions by the criminal authorities of Ukraine demonstrate complete disregard for the fate of their own citizens and absolute disregard for all norms of morality and the principles of international humanitarian law.

Once again, we call on all international organizations, especially the World Health Organization, to influence the Kiev officials and take effective measures to prevent the use of medical infrastructure for military purposes.

Despite all the difficulties and obstacles imposed by the Ukrainian side, over the past day, without the participation of Kiev, 25,501 people were evacuated from the dangerous area, 14,242 of them children, and in total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 3,420,866 people have been evacuated , where 555,902 are children.

The state border of the Russian Federation is crossed by 574,387 private vehicles including 5,262 per day.

More than 9,500 temporary accommodation centers continue to operate on the territory of the Russian Federation. Refugees are dealt with individually and immediately assisted with urgent matters relating to subsequent accommodation, employment assistance, housing for children in kindergartens and educational institutions, and the provision of the right to social benefits.

Over the past 24 hours, the hotlines of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response, federal executive authorities, constituent entities of the Russian Federation and various NGOs received 27 requests from foreigners and Ukrainians to flee to Russia, Donetsk and the People's Republic of Lugansk, as well as territory controlled by the Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Kharkov and Kherson regions. In total there are 2,760,255 such applications from 2,139 locations in Ukraine and from the Kiev-controlled territory of the Donetsk People's Republic in the database.

However, 56 foreign ships from 14 countries remained blocked at six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny). As part of the implementation of the Secure Grain Transport Initiative from Ukrainian Ports since August 1, 2022, a total of 16 ships have left Ukrainian ports since August 1, 2022, with 453,246 tonnes of food exported, including: 379,981 tonnes of corn, 6,000 tonnes of sunflower oil, 50,300 tonnes of flour and 11,000 tons of soybeans, 3,050 tons of wheat and 2,914 tons of sunflowers.

There is still a danger of navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drifting of Ukrainian mines from anchor along the coasts of the Black Sea countries.

The Russian Armed Forces have created conditions for the operation of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe passages for ships:

on the Black Sea - leaving the ports of Chernomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhnyi in a southwest direction from the Ukrainian territorial sea, 307 miles long and 20 miles wide;

on the Sea of ​​Azov, leaving the port of Mariupol 115 miles long and 2 miles wide for the Black Sea.

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