16:05 22.03.2022

Russian invaders seize humanitarian aid, cars heading to Vovchansk, drivers sent to Kharkiv on foot after day of captivity - Synehubov

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Russian invaders seize humanitarian aid, cars heading to Vovchansk, drivers sent to Kharkiv on foot after day of captivity - Synehubov

Russian occupiers continue to violate the agreements on the agreed "green corridors."

According to the press service of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, this was stated by the administration head, Oleh Synehubov, on the air of the telethon, talking about the release from Russian captivity of five drivers and one medical worker who transported humanitarian aid to Vovchansk.

"I want to emphasize that the cars were driving along a previously agreed route – we agreed on a 'green corridor' with the delivery of humanitarian aid to Vovchansk. But our people were stopped in the village of Kutuzovka in the direction of Vovchansk," the press service quotes Synehubov.

According to him, the occupiers seized all cars and humanitarian aid, and people were held captive for about a day at a recreation center where Russian troops are temporarily deployed, after which they were sent on foot towards Kharkiv.

"When the drivers and the medical worker approached the Ukrainian checkpoint, our soldiers recognized them and handed them over to medical workers to provide first aid," Synehubov said.

According to the victims, the invaders accused them of sabotage and forced them to check the humanitarian cargo for signs of poisoning.

"We were in constant communication for days with the President's Office and with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereschuk, who was actively involved in the issue. It is impressive that immediately upon their return, all our heroes said as one: they are again ready to go either in the same direction or in any other direction in order to deliver cargo to all those in need," Synehubov said.

As reported, on March 20, a convoy of a humanitarian convoy headed for Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, but contact with the drivers and the medical worker was lost shortly after they entered the temporarily uncontrolled territory. On the morning of March 21, Roman Semenukha, deputy head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, said that all six returned "alive and motivated to fight for Ukraine further."

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