The Ministry of Defense called on the ICRC to resume the supply of medicines to the DPR and LPR

The Ministry of Defense believes that the Red Cross stopped deliveries of medicines to Donbass "under the pretext of an allegedly unstable situation." The organization acknowledges disruptions in the supply of vital drugs,

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stopped supplies of vital medicines to medical institutions in Donbass "under the pretext of an allegedly unstable situation," Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, HEAD of Russia's National Defense Control Center, said. He also leads the Interagency Humanitarian Response Coordination Headquarters.

“The International Committee of the Red Cross, under the pretext of an allegedly unstable situation in the Donbass, has stopped deliveries of vital drugs and products to the specialized medical institutions of the people’s republics for the diagnosis and specific treatment of patients with a weakened immune system, chronic infectious and endocrine diseases,” he said.

According to him, as a result, more than 12 thousand patients may be left without the necessary medical care.

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The Ministry of Defense called on the Red Cross, as well as the World HEALTH Organization (WHO) to resume regular supplies of medicines to the DNR and LNR.

As RBC was told in the ICRC, the organization did not make a decision to stop deliveries, failures in the logistics chains occurred due to the escalation of the situation in Ukraine.

“We did not make a decision to stop the supply of medical institutions in Donetsk and Luhansk. Like many other aspects of everyday life, the logistics chain for the delivery of medicines and medical supplies to Donetsk and Lugansk, established since 2014, was disrupted and interrupted as a result of the escalation of the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine, and our systems are not immune from this,” the press reported. service of the Red Cross.

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They stressed that they are very concerned about the lack of medicines in Donetsk and Luhansk and how this could affect the well-being of people who depend on drugs such as insulin. “We are working to find practical and effective ways to overcome this very serious problem, as we know that the situation will become increasingly critical for people who cannot get the medicines they need,” the ICRC said.

The Minister of Health of the LPR, Natalia Pashchenko, reported to RIA Novosti the day before that from 80 to 100% of the necessary medicines and medical products for the treatment of certain diseases came to the republic through the WHO and the Red Cross. In particular, 80% of antiretroviral drugs and consumables for diagnosing HIV/AIDS, as well as some insulin preparations, went through the ICRC.