Meanwhile, north of Chernihiv, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said they performed first aid there with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Relief to Chernihiv
“We just finished the first part WFP food distribution since the start of the Ukraine war, to the formerly besieged city of Chernihiv,” WFP head David Beasley said on Twitter.
The aid will support 12,000 city dwellers, now in Ukrainian hands, after facing water and electricity shortages.
The United Nations agency aims to reach more than three million people in Ukraine with food and cash distributions, as well as 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers who have already left the country.
Run away to a safe place
Following Mariupol’s prison break, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it led a convoy of buses and cars carrying more than 500 people to Zaporizhzhia, throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Red Cross said all those transported in the humanitarian convoy had left Mariupol on their own, warning that “thousands more civilians” were trapped inside the coastal city. devastated.
They continue to need “a safe passage and (for) aid to arrive”, the Red Cross stressed, noting that they are ready to provide relief “when specific arrangements and security conditions permit”. “.
The city is still out of bounds
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The Ukrainian sisters in Dnipro receive much-needed food items from UN agencies and local partners.
Pascal Hundt, the head of the Red Cross mission to Ukraine, said that staff had been trying to reach Mariupol for five days.
They arrived within 20 kilometers of the city, but security conditions on the ground made it impossible for them to enter, Mr. Hundt explained.
The city has been under shelling since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, with houses and public structures flattened.
UNESCO, the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural agency, said Kvedaravicius died in his car while driving out of Mariupol over the weekend. He’s 45 years old.
Mr. Kvedaravicius received critical acclaim with his documentary Mariupolis, which was screened at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay denounced the killing of Mr Kvedaravicius and said it was necessary to protect “those who work in the media, especially in situations of conflict”.
Ms Azoulay also called on those responsible for his death to be “identified and brought to trial, in the interest of justice, freedom of expression and freedom of the arts”.
