Humanitarian aid that went from Russia to Donbass in the winter of this year was, in most cases, stolen and did not reach the recipients. This was stated by the ex-commander of the Donbass militia Igor Strelkov.
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According to him, the problem with the delivery of humanitarian aid to Donbass is further complicated by the fact that there is strict customs control between Russia and the republics, which does not allow aid to be delivered through a simplified procedure.
“At least hundreds of residents of Donetsk and Lugansk died of hunger this winter. Even if all the white Kamaz trucks had arrived, although everyone knows that they have only just begun to arrive, and almost everything that arrived was stolen. Given that, even if everyone gets it, then this is a maximum of 10% of the need.
Our customs regime on the border with the DPR and LPR is the same as with the rest of Ukraine. As a result, humanitarian aid cannot be imported normally as humanitarian aid - it must be paid for, taxes must be paid, and a bunch of declarations must be submitted.
This is explained by the fact that Novorossiya has not given in to anything at all to these officials who are dealing with this issue. They really dream of returning her to Ukraine. At the same time, they are absolutely not interested in the opinion of the Russian people of Novorossiya,” Strelkov complains in an interview with translator Dmitry Puchkov.