Vilnius and Kaunas announce that they are ready to accept war refugees and invite people who have the conditions to accept residents fleeing the war from Ukraine in their homes to register.
The mayor of the capital Remigius Šimašius on Thursday emphasized that Vilnius is ready to accept the wounded and accommodate war refugees. It is estimated that there are possibilities to accommodate about 3 thousand people. people.
"Our forces are like this - there are 1 people in vacated apartments, orphanages that we are closing, and about 2 more in gyms. places. If necessary, there will be more," he said in the live broadcast R. Šimašius.
"Together, we all realize that neither the state nor the city can do everything, we all need to be involved. If you have the opportunity to receive people - say. E-mail starts working. post office [email protected], if you have ideas, suggestions, tell us, we will respond. Help is needed," said the mayor.
It is estimated that the capital is ready to receive medical assistance for about a thousand people.
According to R. Šimašiaus, the Vilnius municipality has already expressed its position to Lviv, with which it maintains friendly relations, that it is ready to go to Ukraine itself and bring home Ukrainians who have lost their shelter.
"We estimate that we can receive about a thousand people for medical assistance, if necessary. It is our duty. In the same way, we may have to accept families who have lost their shelter", said R. Šimašius.
"The help is as follows - we ourselves go to bring home those families who have lost their shelter. There is no need to accept people who have the money to come here and want to avoid mobilization. Help those who need help. We will do it in a systematic, organized manner," said the mayor of the capital, who communicated with the mayor of Lviv on Thursday afternoon and expressed Vilnius's position on aid.
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Kaunas municipality announced on Thursday that it is also preparing measures needed for war refugees.
"Kaunas is preparing all possible facilities to ensure safe shelter, food and other needs for those fleeing the war. More and more Kaunas residents and business organizations are offering their help and support. In order to coordinate all this, we ask everyone to register," the municipality announced.
"Those who wish to accept into their homes or share other housing for temporary accommodation of incoming Ukrainians, provide financial support or contribute other resources, are invited to report this by e-mail. by post Ukraine@kaunas.lt", the municipality announces.
Klaipėda Mayor Vytautas Grubliauskas invites citizens who want to help to register.
"I also appeal to all Klaipėda residents who would have the opportunity to provide assistance with accommodation, funds to do so and to communicate about it through the Blue/Yellow support organization for Ukraine." Today, we will send letters to our partner cities in Kaliningrad, Cherepovets, Mogilev, expressing our call to end the military aggression against Ukraine," announced V. Grubliauskas.
According to the mayor, the world will not be the same before and after February 2022, 24, because the brazen and unprecedented Russian attack on Ukraine launched early this morning is changing it radically.
In major cities of the country on Thursday evening, at 18 p.m. an action to support solidarity with the Ukrainian people will take place.
Having collected about 150-200 thousand for some time. troops on the borders of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the neighboring country early Thursday morning.
Earlier this week, he recognized the independence of Moscow-backed separatist regions in the east of the country.
The author is Jurgita Andriejauskaitė
