In August, the russians fired over 2,000 times at settlements and territories in Sumy region. As of today, up to 22 thousand people have been displaced from the dangerous areas, and the number of evacuees will continue to grow. This was reported by the head of the Sumy RMA Volodymyr Artyukh, according to UNN.
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Volodymyr Artyukh, Head of the Sumy RMA, met with Matthias Schmale, UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine. During the meeting, they discussed the humanitarian needs of Sumy region and the prospects for involving international organizations in implementing projects in the areas of education, medicine, support for veterans and internally displaced persons.
According to Artyukh, Sumy region is actively involved in working with international organizations, and such cooperation is extremely important for the border region, which suffers daily from shelling by its hostile neighbor.
Since the beginning of the year, Russians have fired more than 10,000 times at the territories of Sumy region. And throughout the entire last year, there were 8,000 such attacks
Artyukh noted that in August, the Russians fired more than 2,200 times at settlements and territories of Sumy region.
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In August alone, the Russians fired more than 2,200 times at settlements and territories in Sumy region. The enemy is using powerful weapons against the civilian population, dropping guided aerial bombs and FPV drones. To protect people, we are evacuating them, and have managed to move up to 22,000 people out of the danger zone. And we understand that the number of evacuees will continue to grow
According to Artyukh, in terms of cooperation with international and non-governmental organizations, Sumy region is focused on meeting the needs of internally displaced persons whose homes were destroyed by the enemy.
In particular, there is already an agreement to install 10 modular houses for 70 IDPs in Sumy district, and construction of a modular town for 100 people in Sumy is scheduled to begin in early September. The project is funded with the support of the Swedish Red Cross.
In addition to supporting internally displaced persons, we hope to receive assistance from international partners in creating and equipping veterans' centers and repairing the regional children's hospital
Schmale, who was appointed UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine in August, emphasized the importance of building shelters in educational institutions.