MOSCOW, July 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Ella Pamfilova and head of the nonprofit group Spravedlivaya Pomoshch (Fair Aid) Elizaveta Glinka have urged the international community and the warring sides of the Ukrainian conflict to assist in ensuring humanitarian corridors for the transfer of hundreds of ill children caught in the conflict to Russian hospitals.
“At our request the Russian side is ready to provide transport for the transfer of children to medical facilities in a number of Russian cities, which have all the necessary equipment for medical treatment,” an address to the leaders of the European Union, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the leadership of Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics and international human rights organizations obtained by RIA Novosti reads.
The statement said that according to human rights activists, hundreds of children in need of emergency medical treatment and safety are currently stuck in the conflict zone.
“Among them are children who sustained injuries, insulin-dependent, disabled and children with cancer and other serious diseases. Every hour counts to save the lives of some of these children,” Pamfilova and Glinka elaborated.
The human rights activists called on all the parties concerned to compile lists of children who need emergency medical treatment indicating their exact location and possibilities of their transfer to Russian medical facilities.
“We call on all the warring sides to immediately ensure safe corridors for the transfer of children to Russia’s medical facilities. We are urging the leaders of European countries, the OSCE, humanitarian organizations, in particular the International Committee of the Red Cross to act as guarantors of the implementation of this campaign,” the statement said.
The document added that the Russian side was ready to provide qualified medical personnel and volunteers to assist in the transfer and also create all necessary conditions for the treatment of children and the accommodation of their parents.
