On board were food, drinking water, toiletries, kitchen utensils, bedding, warm blankets and sun lamps, the UN Emergency Relief Office OCHA in Geneva reported.
In total, more than 6,000 people were cared for. A clinic receives medicines and equipment to treat more than 1000 patients. According to Ukrainian information, there are still about 80,000 of the city’s 280,000 inhabitants.
Russian troops withdrawn
It was the first UN convoy to reach the population of Kherson since Russia invaded the city in early March. Russian troops withdrew a few days ago after a successful Ukrainian counter-offensive.
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According to the United Nations, Kherson has water and electricity shortages, there is no food in the markets and hospitals and doctors’ offices do not have enough medicine. More convoys are scheduled for the next few days. In other nearby villages that have already been liberated, more than 12,000 people have received humanitarian aid in recent weeks.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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