The helpline can be called free of charge within the EU at 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 and advice can be obtained in Ukrainian and Russian. European Commission launches helpline for refugees from Ukraine On 16 May, the European Commission launched a special helpline in Ukrainian and Russian for refugees from Ukraine. The helpline can be called free of charge within the EU at 00 800 6
UKRAINE - News from our campaign "Help with medicines" May 2022 We are happy to report that the aid deliveries that were launched with your help are actually reaching their recipients - in Kharkiv, for example. The difficulty with transport is not so much connected with the distance, but the fact that every 500 metres or so you have to go through checkpoints where you have to identify yourself. Today
Touching words from Jurgita Samoskiene, the first chairwoman of the ISHR-Lithuania, a woman who never stands still! "We, the ISHR-Lithuania team, are ready to help people in their desperation and need, they can turn to us at any time and receive humanitarian assistance to make their daily lives easier. We work tirelessly every day to support them. Human dignity is inviolable, and people and their dignity are our top priority.
The number of civilian casualties in Ukraine is many thousands higher than statistics, Matilda Bogner, head of the UN team, told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday UN: Thousands more Ukrainian civilian casualties than official statistics The number of civilian casualties in Ukraine is many thousands higher than the statistics, Matilda Bogner, head of the UN team monitoring the human rights situation in Ukraine during the war, told a briefing
The Ukrainian city of Mariupol has become synonymous with the brutality of Russia's war of aggression Kateryna Sukhomlynova experienced the war there as a paramedic. She has now fled to Germany and reports there on the fate of her city. BY MICHAEL LEH Kateryna Sukhomlynova has worked as a paramedic for "Malteser" in Mariupol. Photo: Michael Leh She has seen and been through terrible things. The Ukrainian Kateryna
War puts spotlight on surrogacy in Ukraine Nannies take care of newborn babies in a basement converted into a nursery in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 19, 2022. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The war has exposed vulnerabilities in the surrogacy business in Ukraine, which has become an increasingly popular option for Swiss couples hoping for a baby. Mercedes Ferreira-Frey and her husband Roland, who live
Concentration camps for prisoners of war on Russian territory In the photo: SIZO-2 Taganrog (GUFSN in the Rostov region). At the gates are now constantly cars of the FSSNG and the Russian Ministry of Defence, which take prisoners of war to this now concentration camp. Concentration camps for prisoners of war are being set up in Russia on the premises of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service institutions. In
ISHR-Ukraine together with partners continues to provide humanitarian assistance on the ground The IAC ISHR Ukaine together with international partners continues to provdie humanitarian help for Ukrainian families, children, vulnerable people and hospitals. Monastyryshe, Cherkasy region Over the weekend, the IAC ISHR organized the distribution of 50 food packages to refugee families, as well as provided babies with baby food, diapers and other hygiene products. Thanks to our partners, we
Russian war censorship denounced on World Press Freedom Day A participant in a protest in defence of independent media in Russia, 2021 Russia's ranking on the World Press Freedom Index has fallen again over the Kremlin's wartime censorship of the Ukraine conflict. From Myanmar to Mexico, journalists continue to risk their lives to deliver the news. The Russian government has taken complete control of news and information to
There are currently 47,000 Ukrainian refugees in Lithuania, and every day there are about 150 more of them. Small Lithuania, smaller than the German Free State of Bavaria, with a total population of less than 3 million, faces a serious humanitarian challenge. But the three small Baltic states are strong! And they understand Ukrainians like no one else. Unforgettable was their 600-kilometre-long human chain between the three capitals - Tallinn,
