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Red Cross Mission Resumes Work in East Ukraine

© AP Photo / Darko VojinovicA bullet hole is seen on a sign, on a Red Cross office after shelling, in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine
A bullet hole is seen on a sign, on a Red Cross office after shelling, in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine - Sputnik International
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) resumed its work in east Ukraine, a representative of the Contact Group on Ukrainian reconciliation said Tuesday.

KIEV/MINSK (Sputnik) – ICRC’s activities have been temporarily suspended in Donbass to resolve accreditation issues in the region.

"The ICRC mission launched today by delivering humanitarian aid in the villages of the so-called gray zone close to the contact line," Iryna Herashchenko from the Contact Group's humanitarian subgroup told 112 Ukraine television.

Cars of the International Red Cross. (File). - Sputnik International
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In the Belarusian capital of Minsk, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) special representative Martin Sajdik confirmed the deliveries on either side of the contact line in self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

Sajdik further explained that the Geneva-based humanitarian organization carried out its mission in the hardest-hit regions of Donetsk and added that it planned similar deliveries in neighbouring Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR).

Russia, meanwhile, sent its 38th consecutive aid convoy of more than 100 vehicles carrying over 1,200 metric tons of food essentials and textbooks for residents of both regions last week.

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