City residents before boarding a bus from Mariupol. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 25Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that all seven agreed humanitarian corridors were working on Thursday.
"Of the seven humanitarian corridors for people in settlements where active hostilities are underway, everything worked. A total of 3,343 people were evacuated", she said in a video message.
Vereshchuk noted that 2,717 residents were evacuated from Mariupol to Zaporozhye on their own vehicles. 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 Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at 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 President of Russia emphasized. Collecting humanitarian aid for residents of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass tons of humanitarian aid for refugees from the DNR and LNR.
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Russians have raised 38 million rubles as part of a nationwide fundraiser, as well as more than a thousand tons of humanitarian aid for refugees from the DPR and LPR.
Volunteers load boxes of humanitarian aid for refugees from south-east of Ukraine in a truck for shipment to the Rostov region.
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Volunteers load boxes of humanitarian aid for refugees from southeastern Ukraine into a truck to be sent to the Rostov region.
Humanitarian assistance in the territories where a special military operation is underway is provided by the forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense. In Russia, the Russian Red Cross provides support to citizens of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine.
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Humanitarian assistance in the territories where a special military operation is underway is provided by the forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense. In Russia, the Russian Red Cross provides support to citizens of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has promised to allocate additional financial support to the Russian Red Cross to help IDPs from Donbass.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has promised to allocate additional financial support to the Russian Red Cross to help IDPs from Donbass.
The allocated funds will be used, among other things, to purchase food vouchers and medicine vouchers.
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The allocated funds will be used, among other things, for the purchase of food vouchers and vouchers for medicines.
A truck with humanitarian aid to refugees from the south-east of Ukraine on a street in Novosibirsk.
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A truck carrying humanitarian aid to refugees from southeastern Ukraine on a street in Novosibirsk.
One of the destinations for the convoys with humanitarian aid is the liberated Starobilsk in the Luhansk region.
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One of the destinations for humanitarian aid convoys is the liberated Starobilsk in the Luhansk region.
People sorting food at a refugee accommodation center in Starobilsk.
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People sorting food at a refugee accommodation center in Starobilsk.
A refugee center in Starobilsk was set up in the building of a youth sports school.
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A refugee center in Starobilsk was set up in the building of a children's and youth sports school.
More than 150 refugees from the Kharkiv region arrived in the Belgorod region. Among them are children, the elderly and the disabled.
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More than 150 refugees from Kharkiv region arrived in Belgorod region. Among them are children, the elderly and the disabled.
Refugees from Kharkov in a temporary accommodation center in the village of Malinovka, Belgorod Region.
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Refugees from Kharkov at a temporary accommodation center in the village of Malinovka, Belgorod Region.
Russian servicemen delivered a batch of humanitarian aid to Mariupol.
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Russian servicemen delivered a batch of humanitarian aid to Mariupol.
In one of the central districts of Mariupol, residents were given about a thousand food packages, as well as bottled drinking water.
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In one of the central districts of Mariupol, about a thousand food parcels were distributed to residents, as well as bottled drinking water.
1 of 13Russians raised 38 million rubles as part of the all-Russian fundraising, as well as more than a thousand tons of humanitarian aid for refugees from the DPR and LPR.
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Volunteers load boxes of humanitarian aid for refugees from southeastern Ukraine into a truck to be sent to the Rostov region.
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Humanitarian assistance in the territories where a special military operation is underway is provided by the forces of the Ministry of Emergency Situations with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense. In Russia, the Russian Red Cross provides support to citizens of the LPR, DPR and Ukraine.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has promised to allocate additional financial support to the Russian Red Cross to help IDPs from Donbass.
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The allocated funds will be used, among other things, for the purchase of food vouchers and vouchers for medicines.
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A truck with humanitarian aid to refugees from the south-east of Ukraine on a street in Novosibirsk.
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One of the destinations for humanitarian aid convoys is the liberated Starobilsk in the Luhansk region.
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People sort out food at the refugee accommodation center in Starobilsk .
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A refugee center in Starobelsk was set up in the building of a children's and youth sports school.
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More than 150 refugees from the Kharkiv region arrived in Belgorod region. Among them are children, the elderly and the disabled.
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Refugees from Kharkov in a temporary accommodation center in the village of Malinovka, Belgorod Region.
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Russian military personnel delivered a batch of humanitarian aid to Mariupol.
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In one of the central districts of Mariupol, about a thousand food kits, as well as bottled drinking water were distributed to residents.