On December 29, in the capital of the Republic, a delegation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) met with DPR residents of privileged categories to provide them with humanitarian assistance. According to the correspondent of the official website of the Donetsk People’s Republic, the delegation included the Deputy Chairman of the State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Republic of Sakha, Viktor Gubarev, and the Chairman of the Union of Slavic Communities of Yakutia, Alexei Chertkov.
Before the meeting, in his speech, Chairman of the DPR People’s Council Vladimir Bidyovka emphasized the importance of the support provided by the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
“I would like to thank our guests for coming to our Republic on the New Year’s eve. This is not the first time that representatives of the Republic of Sakha have been helping the DPR and this year they have decided to provide targeted assistance. Our deputies hold receptions of citizens, meet with people in the districts, and they have helped identify the most socially vulnerable categories of people for the latter to receive aid from our friends – representatives of Yakutia.
We are developing warm friendly relations with the Republic of Sakha. I want to thank the guests for their providing assistance on an ongoing basis not only to citizens, but also to boarding schools and preschool institutions in need,” the speaker of the DPR Parliament said.
For his part, Victor Gubarev noted that interethnic friendship had always been capacity of the Russian Federation.
“This is not the first time we are here and consider it our honorable duty to take upon ourselves the burden of the problems faced by residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Since the very beginning of the developments of 2014, we have not been on the sidelines, like many other honest and decent people. We resorted to the means of public diplomacy through public organizations. We have come here more than ten times already.
The most important thing is the friendship between our peoples. Today we have seen that it is necessary to strengthen public diplomacy in order to expand the opportunities of providing assistance,” he added.
The aid was transferred to the families of the killed military personnel, caregivers, families with many children, low-income residents, and families raising children with disabilities.
In addition, assistance was provided to preschool educational institutions located in the frontline districts, a boarding school, and a neurorehabilitation center.
A total of 31 families and 9 institutions received assistance.