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International Red Cross
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Second refugee family leaves Lithuania
A second refugee family — Syrian parents and their three children — have left Lithuania, LNK TV News has reported. […]
Society
Lithuanian Red Cross collects EUR 14,800 for Eastern Ukraine
The Lithuanian Red Cross Society has collected 51,000 litas (EUR 17,800) to support the conflict-ridden Eastern Ukraine, the society’s secretary general Gražina Jvgrafovienė said after the campaign ended on Monday. […]
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Lithuania condemns Russia’s unilateral actions in Ukraine at UN Security Council
At the UN Security Council consultations on 22 August, Lithuanian Permanent Representative Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė condemned Russia‘s unilateral decision to bring the convoy of humanitarian aid into the territory of Ukraine without the latter’s assent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Putin’s white shield for terrorists in East Ukraine
On the night between 11 and 12 August, a convoy of 280 Kamaz trucks set out from Moscow to East Ukraine, loaded, according to the Moscow Oblast authorities, with humanitarian aid for civilian residents in the war zone. Even though the Russians immediately marked the convoy with the International Red Cross flags, the organization itself had no knowledge of it. It was not until 16 August that the Red Cross received the manifest of the shipment. […]