Volunteers load canned food into trucks before the humanitarian convoy leaves Krasnodar for KhersonSIMFEROPOL, 7 Mar. More than 140 tons of humanitarian aid from Russia have been delivered to the residents of Ukrainian Kherson and nearby settlements, the press service of the RF Ministry of Defense reports. humanitarian aid arrived in a Ukrainian city from the Republic of Crimea. The security of movement and the issuance of food packages was ensured by the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, «the message says. Humanitarian aid included canned meat and fish, cereals, vegetable oil, bottled water, bakery products and other products essentials.» Everyone could get food in different the city of Kherson, including on the square near the regional administration,» the press service stressed. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
