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UN and partners deliver convoy to frontline Donetsk town, reaching more than 1,000 people
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Summary
The United Nations and partners delivered a humanitarian convoy to Prokhorovsk (as referenced in briefing) in Donetsk region, providing hygiene, medical, dignity kits and food to more than 1,000 residents unable to leave the frontline area.
The United Nations said it and humanitarian partners sent a convoy to Prokhorovsk (referenced in the briefing) in Donetsk region, an area described as heavily affected by fighting and located close to the front line.
The briefing said the convoy carried hygiene and medical kits, dignity kits for older people and food parcels, and that aid would reach more than 1,000 people — more than half of those remaining in the town, the UN said. The town's prewar population was cited as more than 60,000; the UN said the current population was about 18,000 to 18,500, mostly older people and people with disabilities who were unable to leave.
The UN said that this year it and partners have delivered critical supplies to nearly 11,000 people in frontline areas of Donetsk and that across the country partners have carried out 22 convoys reaching more than 30,000 people in frontline areas.
