MOSCOW, May 20. /TASS/. Seven humanitarian actions were held in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) and in southern Ukrainian regions on Friday in order to deliver 361 tonnes of humanitarian aid to civilians, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, chief of Russia’s National Defense Management Center, said.

"On May 20, 2022, seven humanitarian actions were held in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, during which 361 tonnes of daily essentials and foodstuffs were distributed among the population," said Mizintsev, who heads the Russian Joint Coordination Headquarters in Ukraine.

The general added that federal executive bodies along with Russian regions, a wide range of public organizations and patriotic movements have prepped more than 24,500 tonnes of daily necessities, essential medicines and food kits, including baby formula. Since March 2, Russia has delivered 21,254.4 tonnes of daily essentials, foodstuffs, medicines and medical products to Ukraine, and 1,031 humanitarian actions have been carried out.

"For a significant part of Ukrainians forgotten and betrayed by their criminal authorities, Russian humanitarian aid remains basically the only chance to survive," Mizintsev stressed.