Keiv – In light of the serious humanitarian crisis caused by the fighting in eastern Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation has allocated grants for € 200.000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the High Commission of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR), two agencies seeking to alleviate the suffering of the population. The ICRC will receive €100 000 in support of outreach programs carried out in cooperation with the Ukrainian Red Cross and local authorities: they will distribute food, hygiene kits, medical supplies and building materials to residents and displaced persons in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. They also carry out outreach activities on the respect of international humanitarian law, interventions for family reunification and assistance activities in favor of detainees in Zaporizhia, Odessa, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Donetsk and Kiev. (9Colonne)
