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In total, the federal government is spending approximately 26 million francs on winter relief measures, as the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EDA) announced on Wednesday.
The federal government is supporting several non-governmental organizations in providing life-saving protection as part of winter relief. For example, it enabled repairs to almost 1,000 apartments and houses and the distribution of heating materials to around 1,300 households in frontline areas.
In addition, experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SKH) have helped in recent months to repair water supply pipes and pumping stations to ensure district heating and clean drinking water.
Russian President Putin ordered a military attack on Ukraine on February 24 last year. Since then, numerous Russian war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population have become known. Thousands of children have been kidnapped and just a few days ago the UN confirmed the torture of civilians in Russian captivity.
The material damage to buildings and infrastructure across the country alone is estimated at hundreds of billions of francs.
In an essay in the summer of 2021, Putin denied Ukraine’s southern neighbor the right to exist as a state and emphasized that Ukrainians and Russians are one people. Moscow’s Kremlin also accuses Ukrainian leaders of opening the door for the Western military alliance NATO to threaten Russia with imminent further expansion to the east.
(SDA)
Source:Blick
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