Statement of the Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response (July 6, 2022)
The Russian Federation's Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response, in cooperation with the competent federal executive authorities and law enforcement agencies, continues to record the facts of criminal actions by Kiev's regime against the civilians of Ukraine and Donbass republics, as well as the use of medical infrastructure facilities for military purposes:
in Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, Ukrainian nationalists have equipped firing positions and sniper points in municipal dental clinic (Molodezhnaya Street), and approaches to the facilities are mined, but the local population is deliberately not informed about this;
in Kropivnytsky, Kirovograd Region, territorial defence headquarters and arms and ammunition storage facilities are located on the territory of the central district hospital (Parshutina Street);
in Bakhmut, Donetsk People's Republic, hospital No. 2 (Oborona Street) hosts wounded fighters of Ukrainian nationalist formations, with all civilian patients, regardless of their state of health, cynically kicked out of the medical facility;
in Kostantinovka, Donetsk People's Republic, Ukrainian nationalists have equipped firing positions on the territory of Hospital No. 2 (Inzhenernaya Street), heavy weaponry has been placed in the surrounding area, and residents of nearby houses are being held inside the premises.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have equipped the roof of the Odessa regional organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (Kanatnaya Street) with portable anti-aircraft missile systems, including foreign-made ones, and placed armoured vehicles on the adjoining territory.
Despite repeated statements by the Russian Federation's Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response, to date, all such facts remain ignored by the World Health Organisation and the world community.
Once again, we call on the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other international organizations to influence official Kiev and take effective measures to prevent Ukrainian armed formations from using civilian infrastructure for military purposes.
Despite all the difficulties and obstacles imposed by the Ukrainian side, over the past day, without the participation of Kiev, 24,068 people were evacuated from dangerous areas, 3,726 of them children, and in total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 2,359,135 people have already been evacuated, of which 371,925 are children.
The state border of the Russian Federation was crossed by 368,685 personal vehicles including 4,310 per day.
More than 9,500 temporary accommodation centres continue to operate in the regions of the Russian Federation. The refugees are dealt with on an individual basis and are promptly assisted with various pressing issues relating to onward accommodation, employment assistance, places for children in kindergartens and educational institutions, and the provision of entitlements to social benefits.
Over the past 24 hours, the hotline of the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response, federal executive authorities, constituent entities of the Russian Federation and various NGOs received 35 requests from foreign and Ukrainian citizens to evacuate to Russia, the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, as well as to the Russian Armed Forces-controlled areas of Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Kharkov and Kherson regions. In total there are 2,759,047 such appeals from 2,139 locations in Ukraine in the database.
In addition, 70 foreign vessels from 16 countries remain blocked in 6 Ukrainian ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhniy). The threat of shelling and high mine danger posed by official Kiev prevents vessels from entering the high seas unhindered.
As a result of the measures taken by the Russian Navy, the mine threat in the waters of the port of Mariupol has been eliminated and measures are being taken to restore the port infrastructure.
The Russian Armed Forces have created conditions for the operation of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe lanes for ships:
in the Black Sea - to leave Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhnyi ports in a south-westerly direction from Ukraine's territorial sea, 139 miles long and 3 miles wide;
in the Sea of Azov, to leave Mariupol port 115 miles long and 2 miles wide towards the Black Sea.
Detailed information in English and Russian on the modus operandi of the maritime humanitarian corridor is broadcast daily every 15 minutes on VHF radio on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian.
At the same time, the Kiev authorities continue to avoid engaging with representatives of states and ship-owning companies to resolve the issue of ensuring the safe passage of foreign vessels to the assembly area.
The danger to navigation from Ukrainian mines drifting off their anchors along the coasts of Black Sea states remains.
The Russian Federation is taking a full range of comprehensive measures to ensure the safety of civilian navigation in the waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Demining detachments of the Russian Armed Forces and the EMERCOM of Russia are carrying out land and facility clearance tasks in the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics.
A total of 3,760.44 hectares were checked, 35 buildings (including 13 socially important facilities), 2 bridges and 9.64 km of roads. 48,694 explosive objects have been detected and deactivated.
Federal executive authorities, together with the subjects of the Russian Federation, various public organizations, patriotic movements, continue to accumulate humanitarian aid. The greatest contributors to the relief effort were:
Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, Federal Bailiff Service, Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography, Federal Agency of Nationalities;
republics of Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Crimea, Sakha (Yakutia), Tatarstan, as well as Kabardino-Balkarian and Chechen Republics, Krasnodar, Primorsky and Khabarovsk regions, Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh regions, Kaluga, Leningrad, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Tula and Yaroslavl regions, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, as well as Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Sevastopol;
among political parties and non-profit organisations: United Russia, the All-Russian Public Movement "People's Front", the All-Russian Public Organisation of Veterans "Battle Brotherhood", the autonomous non-profit organisation to support humanitarian programmes "Russian Humanitarian Mission", the Open Joint Stock Company "Russian Railways", the State Corporation for Space Activities "Roscosmos" and the All-Russian Public and Public Organisation "Russian Union of Women".
More than 43,500 tons of basic necessities, food and medicines have been prepared at the collection points. Since March 2, 2022, 40,422.3 tons of humanitarian cargo have already been delivered to Ukraine, 1,269 humanitarian actions have been carried out, including 6 actions in Kharkov region, as well as in Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, during which 509 tons of basic necessities, medicines and food were transferred to the civilian population of the liberated areas.
On July 6, 4 humanitarian actions have been planned and are currently being carried out in Kharkov region, in Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, during which 183.6 tons of basic necessities, medicine and food will be distributed.