Eastern regions of Ukraine are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe due to the actions of proniewski volunteer battalions, which obstruct the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the population of these territories, according to the petition an international human rights organization Amnesty International.

Blocked convoys going by means of the Fund of Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov. At least four such humanitarian convoys were stopped by soldiers of the " Dnepr-1 ".

" With the onset of winter, the desperate situation in Eastern Ukraine is even worse because of the volunteer battalions, which create obstacles to the delivery of food and medical care to those who need it. It is no secret that the region is beginning to face a humanitarian catastrophe, where the majority already on the verge of starvation " - are contained in the message word the Deputy Director of the program of Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia Denis Krivosheev.

in circulation Amnesty International notes that human rights defenders we have received information of the obstacle to the entry of humanitarian aid into the area controlled by DND and LNR from proniewski battalions, for example battalion " Aidar " and " Dnepr-1 ".

they say that the soldiers of the battalion " Dnepr-1 " together With members of the radical organization the Right sector and battalion Donbass blocked eleven roads in LNR, and did Not let gumanoy. In their vision, humanitarian assistance may be in the wrong hands or be sold ".
Amnesty International's own message again agitating the Ukrainian authorities to take under the supervision of the activities of the volunteer battalions and to ensure that the necessary assistance reaches those who need it.

before the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the settlement of the situation in the East Irina Gerashchenko said that the head Petro Poroshenko will give the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine order to understand the causes of the detention of humulone With humanitarian aid from the Fund of Rinat Akhmetov.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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