EU flag at the EU headquarters in BrusselsBRUSSELS, Apr 17The EU has allocated 50 million euros in additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, the European Commission said in a statement published on Sunday. «This assistance will cover the most urgent humanitarian needs, including the provision of medical services, the provision of drinking water, hygiene products, housing, monetary assistance and the fight against gender-based violence,» the document says. It is planned that 45 million will go to implement projects in Ukraine, another five in neighboring Moldova. 143 million euros were allocated. 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 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. The ruins of Donbass: photo facts of destruction
May 2014, Slavyansk. Resident of an apartment building destroyed by artillery shelling by the Ukrainian military.
1 of 21
May 2014, Slovyansk. A resident of an apartment building destroyed by artillery shelling by the Ukrainian military.
May 2014, Chervony Molochar village, Donetsk region. This man's house was hit by a shell fired by the Ukrainian military.
2 of 21
May 2014, Chervony Molochar village , Donetsk region. This man's house was hit by a shell fired by the Ukrainian military.
May 2014. The militia returned to his home in the village of Semyonovka near Slavyansk. These ruins were his family home…
3 of 21
May 2014. The militia returned to his home in the village of Semyonovka near Slavyansk. These ruins were the home of his family…
July 2014. The Ukrainian army struck at the village of Luhanska.
4 of 21
July 2014. The Ukrainian army struck at the village of Luganskaya.
July 2014, the village of Luganskaya. A local resident extinguishes a house that caught fire after an air raid.
5 of 21
July 2014, Luganskaya village. A local resident extinguishes a house that caught fire after an air raid.
July 2014. A resident of the village of Malaya Vergunka, Luhansk region, in his house destroyed by airstrikes of the Ukrainian army.
6 of 21
July 2014 . A resident of the village of Malaya Vergunka, Luhansk region, in his house, destroyed by air strikes by the Ukrainian army.
July 2014, the village of Malaya Vergunka. Residents of a house destroyed by an air raid by the Ukrainian army.
7 of 21
July 2014, the village of Malaya Vergunka. Residents of a house destroyed as a result of an air raid by the Ukrainian army.
July 2014, the city of Snizhne, Donetsk region. A woman sits near the ruins of her own house after a Ukrainian air raid.
8 of 21
July 2014, Snizhne, Donetsk region. A woman sits near the ruins of her own house after a Ukrainian air raid.
July 2014, the city of Snizhne, Donetsk region. Viktor Stepanenko, 70, near his house destroyed by a Ukrainian rocket. The explosion killed his wife and 11 other people. The man himself miraculously survived after falling from the fourth floor. He was saved by falling on a fir tree…
9 of 21
July 2014, the city of Snezhne, Donetsk region. Viktor Stepanenko, 70, near his house destroyed by a Ukrainian rocket. The explosion killed his wife and 11 other people. The man himself miraculously survived after falling from the fourth floor. He was saved by the fact that he fell on a spruce…
July 2014. Consequences of a Ukrainian air raid in the town of Snizhne, Donetsk region.
10 of 21
July 2014. Consequences of a raid by Ukrainian aviation in the city of Snezhnoye, Donetsk region.
July 2014, the city of Snezhnoye. Rescuers and local residents clear the rubble in the house after the air raid of the Ukrainian army.
11 of 21
July 2014, city Snowy. Rescuers and local residents clear the rubble in the house after the air raid of the Ukrainian army.
July 2014. Women in an apartment damaged during the shelling of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
12 of 21
July 2014. Women in an apartment damaged during the shelling of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
July 2014. A woman in the courtyard of a house destroyed by shelling in Lugansk.
13 of 21
July 2014. A woman in the courtyard of a house destroyed by shelling in Lugansk.
February 2015. Residents in a house damaged by shelling in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
14 of 21
February 2015. Residents in a house damaged by the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
February 2015. A resident of Debaltseve sits near a building damaged as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15 of 21
February 2015. A resident of Debaltseve sits near a building damaged as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
August 2015, Aleksandrovka, Donetsk region. Most residential buildings in Donbass were destroyed during shelling in 2014-2015.
16 of 21
August 2015 year, Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region. Most residential buildings in Donbass were destroyed during shelling in 2014–2015.
August 2015. A woman stands near a house damaged by Ukrainian shelling in the village of Aleksandrovka, Donetsk region.
17 of 21
August 2015. A woman stands near a house damaged by Ukrainian shelling in the village of Aleksandrovka, Donetsk region.
June 2017. Children inspect the cladding of a building damaged by shelling in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
18 of 21
June 2017. Children inspect the cladding of a building damaged by shelling in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
December 2017, city
Yasinovataya, Donetsk region. A woman in a room destroyed by shelling from the APU.
19 of 21
December 2017, city
Yasinovataya Donetsk region. A woman in a room destroyed by shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
July 2019. A woman near a burnt apple tree in the courtyard of a house destroyed by shelling by Ukrainian security forces.
20 of 21
July 2019 . A woman near a burnt apple tree in the courtyard of a house destroyed by shelling by Ukrainian security forces.
A broken window of a house in the village of Oktyabr, Donetsk region. On the night of September 23, 2019, the village was shelled.
These photographs are an insignificant part of the array of photographic evidence of how the cities and villages of Donbass were systematically and systematically destroyed over the course of eight years. of 21
Broken window of a house in the village of Oktyabr, Donetsk region. On the night of September 23, 2019, the village was shelled.
These photographs are an insignificant part of the array of photographic evidence of how cities and villages of Donbass were systematically and systematically destroyed for eight years.
p>
1 of 21
May 2014, Slavyansk. A resident of an apartment building destroyed as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military.
2 of 21
May 2014, the village of Chervony Molochar, Donetsk region. This man's house was hit by a shell fired by the Ukrainian military.
3 of 21
May 2014. The militia returned to his home in the village of Semyonovka near Slavyansk. These ruins were the home of his family…
4 of 21
July 2014. The Ukrainian army struck at the village of Luhanska.
5 of 21
July 2014, the village of Luganskaya. A local resident extinguishes a house that caught fire after an air raid.
6 of 21
July 2014. A resident of the village of Malaya Vergunka, Luhansk region, in his house destroyed by Ukrainian army airstrikes.
7 of 21
July 2014, the village of Malaya Vergunka. Residents of a house destroyed by an air raid by the Ukrainian army.
8 of 21
July 2014, the city of Snezhne, Donetsk region. A woman sits near the ruins of her own house after a Ukrainian air raid.
9 of 21
July 2014, the city of Snezhne, Donetsk region. Viktor Stepanenko, 70, near his house destroyed by a Ukrainian rocket. The explosion killed his wife and 11 other people. The man himself miraculously survived after falling from the fourth floor. He was saved by falling on a spruce…
10 of 21
July 2014. Consequences of a raid by Ukrainian aviation in the city of Snezhne, Donetsk region.
11 of 21
July 2014, the city of Snezhnoye. Rescuers and local residents clear the rubble in the house after the air raid of the Ukrainian army.
12 of 21
July 2014. Women in an apartment damaged during the shelling of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
13 of 21
July 2014. A woman in the courtyard of a house destroyed by shelling in Lugansk.
14 of 21
February 2015. Residents in a house damaged by the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
15 of 21
February 2015. A resident of Debaltseve sits near a building damaged as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16 of 21
August 2015, Aleksandrovka, Donetsk region. Most residential buildings in Donbass were destroyed during shelling in 2014–2015.
17 of 21
August 2015. A woman stands near a house damaged by Ukrainian shelling in the village of Oleksandrivka, Donetsk region.
18 of 21
June 2017. Children inspect the cladding of a building damaged by shelling in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
19 of 21
December 2017, the city of
Yasinovataya, Donetsk region. A woman in a room destroyed by shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
20 of 21
July 2019. A woman near a burnt apple tree in the courtyard of a house destroyed by shelling by Ukrainian security forces.
21 of 21
A broken window of a house in the village of Oktyabr, Donetsk region. On the night of September 23, 2019, the village was shelled.
These photographs are an insignificant part of the array of photographic evidence of how cities and villages of Donbass were systematically and systematically destroyed for eight years.
p>