Trucks with humanitarian aid for residents of the DPR and LPR MOSCOW, Mar 23Thirty-seven car convoys of rescuers have already delivered over 3 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo to the territory of Donbass and Ukraine, it is planned to send two more convoys, a representative of emergency services told RIA Novosti. 3.04 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo, including 1.45 thousand tons to the regions of Ukraine,» the agency's interlocutor said. According to him, another 223.8 tons of humanitarian aid is planned to be delivered to the Rostov region on Wednesday from two regions of Russia. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» During this time, the Russian Armed Forces took control of such large cities as Kherson (regional center), Melitopol, Berdyansk. The main the directions of the offensive of Russian troops in the south-east, together with the units of the DPR, are the largest city in the Sea of u200bu200bAzov, Mariupol, and, together with the people's militia of the LPR, Severodonetsk.The KBR is preparing to send humanitarian aid for refugees from the DonbasAs a result of the offensive, the Russian group of troops managed to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov, and also connect the territory of the Kherson region controlled by the Russian Armed Forces with the DPR. In the northern direction, Kyiv, Sumy and Chernihiv are partially or completely blocked by Russian troops. In the south-west of Ukraine, hostilities are taking place in the area of Nikolaev, which is blocked from the sea by the forces of the Black Sea Fleet. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) nuclear power plants has been taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, and work is underway to restore water supply to the Crimea. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages in Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kiev authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as human shields.
March 15, 11:57 InfographicsHumanitarian aid collection points for refugees from DonbassInfographicsView
