16/05/2022 10:16

The humanitarian crisis is growing in the occupied Kherson region

Residents of the region do not have the opportunity to travel to the territory controlled by Ukraine and have almost limited ability to move around the region.  The occupiers did not allow volunteers with humanitarian aid and looted humanitarian goods.

According to the mayor of the city Igor Kolykhaev in Kherson medicines will run out in two weeks, there are no solutions for droppers, there is not enough medicine for cardiovascular diseases, there is a lack of oxygen.

Significant need for medicines exists in all districts of Kherson region without exception.

About 500,000 people remain in the region.  Before the war there were about a million inhabitants.

In the first days of the occupation of the southern region, the occupiers looted a large number of food chains and pharmacies.  Ukrainian goods were exported to Crimea and Russia.  As a humanitarian, Russians distribute 5-year-old products and expired medicines.  At the same time, in exchange for them, they require passport data, lists of pensioners, social workers and just people living in a particular community.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of human rights violations in Ukraine.