Appeal to the public from Donetsk region Parents Community "Kroha"
Donetsk region Parents Community 'Kroha'
Our community was founded in 2007. Web address: kroha.dn.ua We, the parents of Donetsk region, appeal to you, politicians, public figures, people who care. Help save the people of Sloviansk, Krasny Liman, Kramatorsk, stop the military operations. We need your help in bringing home the truth about what is happening in these cities. For many weeks, people live under incessant artillery fire. Civilians constantly die. Some children have been injured, the death of three children is confirmed. Houses, hospitals, kindergartens and schools are collapsing. People, including children, live in a permanent state of stress, hiding for many hours from almost-never-stopping attacks in basements. Since June 6 the running water has not been supplied. Dozens of thousands of people have no access to drinking water. Sewers do not function properly. In many areas of the city there is no electricity supply. High-voltage cables and tower have been damaged, the employees of electrical network evacuated. Due to the nature of damage, restoring the power supply during the military actions is impossible. Medicine and food have become scarce. With the outbreak of military actions supplies of food and medicine to the city have been irregular, and over the past few days, due to bombing, food supply has completely stopped. Senior citizens, civil servants, allowance recipients have lost their means of livelihood. Since May 19, the city has completely stopped payments of pensions and social benefits. The residents who left their homes do not receive their pensions and payments either. The residents of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk who left have no status. By law, they are no different from people who have abandoned their homes for no apparent reason. To date, they do not get even pensions and social benefits guaranteed by the law. The population of Sloviansk before the war amounted to over 110,000 people. To date, less than half of the population have been evacuated. Dozens of thousands of people continue living in the city, unable to leave. Queues at the exit from the city are formed for many days ahead. Opportunities to leave the city are very limited. At the current pace the evacuation of the remaining residents can take months. We ask for your help in saving the lives of these people and stopping military actions. June 10, 2014 Donetsk region Parents Community 'Kroha'