Kiev opens humanitarian corridor to facilitate departure of civilians

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko has ordered Tuesday to open a humanitarian corridor to allow the civilian population of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk – east of the country to leave areas where military attacks between insurgents and pro-Russian forces Government happens almost daily. From the Russian annexation of the Crimea on 16 April, more than 10,000 civilians have been forced from their homes in Ukraine, according to the UN agency for Refugees (UNHCR), although the number of affected could be higher.

The biggest challenges for those fleeing the fighting adds Adrian Edwards, UNHCR spokesperson in Geneva (Switzerland) – are access to social services, necessary to settle elsewhere and access to permanent housing documentation.

“In order not to allow new victims, the President of Ukraine instructed the authorities necessary to create all the civilians who want to leave the places of combat conditions,” said a statement from the presidency does not give more details of this initiative. ” The Ukrainian authorities have not requested any international assistance,” said Jens Laerke phone, UNHCR staff member in charge of the area, or both “at the moment there is nothing to evaluate ” sentence. Ukrainian Minister of External Sergei Lavrov, has received the news positively but criticized that ” in some places are seeing a rise in military operations.”

Poroshenko, Ukraine inaugurated president on Saturday, the Government commissioned to organize the relocation of the population, ensure health care and display of food distribution points in areas of military operation. This initiative responds to the demands already made Moscow to “help the Combart both air tanks in highly populated areas of eastern DRC attacks,” according to Reuters.

UNHCR, together with other local authorities and other NGOs, has launched a parallel aid program for ” those most affected.” The Agency claims that a third of the IDPs are children. “People are afraid of being persecuted for religious beliefs or ethnic reasons.”

Meanwhile, despite the president’s recent words about the need to “declare a ceasefire this week “, fighting continues in the towns of Slaviansk, Kramatorsk, Krasny Liman, bastions of pro-Russian militias against the government in Kiev the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk. According to local media cecanos Kiev, 40 pro-Russian militants were killed early Tuesday during a failed attack on a position of the National Guard of Ukraine near the airport Kramatorsk as Vladyslav Seleznyov, a spokesman of the Ukrainian side. The pro-Russian militias, however, have confirmed three casualties in their ranks, adding that in Slaviansk had died ” several ” unarmed citizens during the last hours.

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