Ivano-Frankivsk - Humanitarian aid intended for displaced persons from Crimea, as well as the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, arrived in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, from Swidnica, Poland, on Aug. 20.
“These things were collected by residents of Swidnica and were purchased by us with the city’s money. It took us 15-16 days to organize and do everything,” the Swidnica government’s specialist for international cooperation told reporters.
The Polish humanitarian cargo received customs clearance in Ivano-Frankivsk and was unloaded at a local warehouse of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The aid includes clothes, bedding sets, blankets, radiators, school backpacks and stationary supplies.
The director of the Ivano-Frankivsk city administration’s social policy department, Oleksandra Zaklinska, has said that in three days the Ukrainian Social Policy Ministry will issue documents recognizing the cargo as humanitarian aid.
All blankets and radiators will be handed over to the Bandershtadt hotel, where most refugees are currently staying, she said. The school backpacks and stationary will be distributed among children on Sept. 1.
Some 800 displaced persons from Crimea, as well as the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, among them 100 children, have been officially registered in Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaklinska said.
The humanitarian aid sent by Poland will be distributed by ICRC volunteers.
Swidnica is one of Ivano-Frankivsk’s 20 twin cities, which are located in different countries.
A charity account has been opened in Ivano-Frankivsk for donations to support people displaced by the army operation in Ukraine’s eastern regions.
