Ukrainian servicemen. File photoMOSCOW, May 24.The humanitarian situation in the regions controlled by Kyiv is approaching critical, more than 20% of children under the age of five in Ukraine suffer from malnutrition, said the head of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response — Head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev. «The humanitarian situation in the regions controlled by the Kyiv authorities is rapidly deteriorating and approaching critical. According to the UN Children's Fund, 8.7 million people are starving in Ukraine, 22.8% of children under the age of five have been suffering from malnutrition for years,» Mizintsev said at a briefing on Tuesday.
