MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The aid will go to the people of Donetsk and Lugansk, Kharkiv, and Dnipro, formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk, "without distinction of religion, faith or ethnic background," the statement released by the Council said.
It is the first installment of the aid for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and is "only part of the 12 million euro that’s been collected," the Council explained, adding that the fund raising began on April 24 in all the Catholic parishes of Europe after Pope’s decision to promote humanitarian support for eastern Ukraine.
In April 2014, Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against independence supporters in Donbass. According to the latest UN data, more than 10,000 people were killed during the conflict.
