MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Residents of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), where Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a humanitarian mission, have endured months of fighting and need humanitarian aid, Alexander Voloshin, a Russian senator representing the DPR, told TASS.
At an earlier meeting with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Putin proposed a humanitarian mission in Konstantinovka modeled on the operation in Alyoshki. He said about 400 to 500 civilians remain in the city. Putin suggested putting the Russian and Ukrainian ombudsmen in charge of organizing the mission and inviting foreign media, including US outlets, to cover it.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to organize a humanitarian mission in Konstantinovka reaffirms that our main priority remains unchanged. For our country, the people who live there take precedence over the territory itself. According to the figures cited, 400 to 500 civilians remain in the city. Many of them have endured months of intense fighting and now need the most basic aid," Voloshin pointed out.
He highlighted how vital it was to move forward with the proposal. "People need food, medicine, medical care and safe conditions for evacuation. There should be no room for political games or attempts to use the fate of civilians as leverage," the senator concluded.