ALEPPO /Syria/, February 21. /TASS/. Russian servicemen have distributed 250 food packages to the residents of Syria’s Shukaidila village, in the Aleppo Governorate, Spokesman for the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides and Refugee Migration Monitoring in Syria Dmitry Zadorin reported on Sunday.

Many residents of this village have been involved in clashes with the militants who are still nearby, he told reporters.

"The population supports the actions of Russia’s Armed Forces. Many people took part in combating illegal armed groups, so it was decided to carry out humanitarian activities in this village," Zadorin said.

The spokesman for the Reconciliation Center explained that local residents had to live in demolished houses without water or electricity supply after the illegal armed groups had left the territory. At the same time, according to the local administration’s member Ali Mohammed, the militants are still too close, so many residents, who have left their homes, are afraid of returning and rebuilding the infrastructure.

"There are 20 villages in our province. Before the war, 45,000 people had lived here, but now there are about 20,000. We want people back, however, the gunmen are too close. And not everyone feels safe here," he stated.

Residents of the village received food sets including rice, flour, sugar, tea and other basic products. The humanitarian aid also extends to the neighboring villages’ residents who expect that the Reconciliation Center will help them in the near future.

The Russian Reconciliation Center has been operating in Syria since 2016. The Center has carried out more than 2,700 humanitarian activities since the launch of the settlement process, delivering more than 4,700 tons of aid.