Employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations distribute humanitarian aid in Ukraine. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 24.The National Guard has provided the issuance of 85 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions in a week, the press service of the department reports. Zaporozhye region. Over the past week, the Russian Guardsmen completed eight tasks to escort humanitarian convoys, ensured the issuance of more than 85 tons of food. Over 12,000 civilians received food and basic necessities,» the message says.
Russia delivered almost 22,000 tons of humanitarian aid to UkraineThe department noted that humanitarian aid was also issued in small settlements: Privolnoe, Schastlivy, Raisky and others. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv 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.
