AustraliaMOSCOW, Mar 20The Australian Government will allocate an additional $22 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to the civilian population of Ukraine, according to a statement released by the press service of the Australian Foreign Ministry. million US dollars — ed.) for the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance,» the message says, according to which the funds will go to protect women, children, the elderly and the disabled. Thus, the total amount of funds that the Australian government has committed to provide will be as follows AU$65 million (approximately US$48 million), the statement said. A$10 million (US$7.4 million) is reported to support education and child protection needs, as well as people with disabilities and those who «face the risk of gender-based violence liya». 8 million Australian dollars (nearly 6 million US dollars) will be allocated to the UN fund for the protection of displaced women and girls, another 10 million Australian dollars will be transferred to the World Food Programme. tons of thermal coal. It is noted that the corresponding request was received from the government of Ukraine and was supported by the government of Poland. Russia launched a special 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.» 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 Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. Russia
