The UN delivers humanitarian aid to the city of Kherson after it was retaken by Ukrainian troops

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November 14 () –

The United Nations delivered humanitarian supplies to the Ukrainian city of Kherson on Monday, less than three days after Ukrainian troops regained control of the city after the withdrawal of Russian forces, the first time aid workers have entered the town since it fell into Russian hands in early March.

The humanitarian convoy has delivered food, water, hygiene kits, shelter material and household goods to more than 6,000 people, while a city health center will receive medicines to care for more than 1,000 patients over the next month.

“Kherson’s population struggles to meet their basic needs, compounded by the trauma of having suffered months of constant shelling, having to flee their homes and seeing their loved ones killed or injured,” the humanitarian coordinator said. of the UN for Ukraine, Denise Brown.

Brown has stressed that “people need urgent support” and has advocated “acting quickly to help them”, amid shortages of water and electricity in the city, where markets are also running out of food and medical centers They have a lack of medicines.

Likewise, he has shown his “confidence” that, “with the support of partners, particularly local organizations,” the UN “may be able to do much more in the coming days and weeks.” “We have to be with the population of Kherson in this moment of need,” she has settled.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP) participated in the convoy, according to a note from the international organization.

The UN has stressed that the international community will continue to mobilize resources to expand its operations and deliver aid in the Kherson region. In recent weeks, aid has been delivered to 12,000 people in other towns in the region recaptured by Ukrainian troops.