Cost of departure from occupation reaches UAH 20-30 thousand per person - Fedorov

Cost of departure from occupation reaches UAH 20-30 thousand per person - Fedorov

Ukrinform
The cost of leaving the temporarily occupied territory can reach 20-30 thousand hryvnias per person, and the journey can take up to five days.

Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said this on the air of the national telethon 'United News', Ukrinform reported.

"We record the departure of residents from the occupied territories, and we help many of them. We help, first of all, by prescribing routes, having information from many of our residents about which checkpoints are easier to pass through and which are more difficult. Also, for a long time, our international partners have been helping us with compensation for people, because this is an expensive way and can cost up to UAH 20-30 thousand per person," he said.

On Telegram, Fedorov clarified that this journey is long, taking up to five days, and is possible in several directions: through Crimea or Melitopol-Mariupol-Novoazovsk and on to Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, or to Ukraine via the Kolotilovka-Pokrovske crossing on the border of Russia and the Sumy region.

Read also: Invaders once again bring 'dragon's teeth' to north of Donetsk region

After people return to the government-controlled territory, they register with humanitarian centers and receive assistance (starting with humanitarian aid and continuing with the preparation of all necessary documents).

As reported, there are four 'Same Tyt' assistance centers in Ukraine - in the Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Lviv and Dnipro - that provide the necessary support to the displaced from the Melitopol region.

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.

© 2015-2024 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-