Deputy head of the emergencies Ministry: over a hundred children of Donbass receive medical care in the Russian Federation

Over a hundred children of Donbass, which it was impossible to provide medical care at home, got it in Russia, said on Thursday Deputy head of the EMERCOM of Russia Vladimir Stepanov.

according to its statement yesterday, the Board of the Ministry of emergency situations brought to Russia from the territory of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics 18 children." More than a hundred of those children who received different injuries and have the opportunity to receive necessary medical care there (in Donbass), get it on the territory of the Russian Federation, mostly in Moscow clinics, " he said at a meeting of the Department of public support for residents of the South-East of Ukraine.

according to him, this work will continue.

first Saturday children's Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Pavel Astakhov said that more than 300 children in the Donbass need treatment. According to him, currently 87 children who need help, are in Lugansk and 196 in Donetsk. Groups for transportation to a safe place in the Russian Federation are collected and will be disposed of as treatment people, he said.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began More than 6 thousand people. Before Astakhov citing UNICEF reported that in the process of conflict damaged more than 2 million children, were destroyed 491 school, 78 hospitals and four children's homes.


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