Euromaidan SOS requires an international presence and international monitoring of violations during the evacuation of the population from destroyed cities. The corresponding appeal on behalf of the civil sector of Ukraine was published by the head of the Center for Civil Liberties Oleksandra Matviychuk.

" It is situations where one side of the conflict openly violates the basic requirements of international humanitarian law, as the Russian Federation does in Ukraine, that require flexible formats for cooperation between international organizations and local initiatives, as well as taking direct responsibility and making every effort to organize assistance to the civilian population, even.

It is noted that most international organizations have evacuated their employees and do not work in hot spots in Ukraine, given the serious threats to the life and health of their employees..

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It is noted that in Ukraine there are volunteer initiatives that are ready to risk their lives and health to help people..

" They are not able to take out all the people who need to be evacuated and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid to everyone who needs it.. In addition, an international presence would provide additional security guarantees and could force the Russian military to stop shelling humanitarian corridors..

The authors of the appeal recall that the world has witnessed a severe humanitarian crisis in Ukrainian cities, villages and settlements destroyed as a result of the attack of Russian troops.. In Mariupol, Volnovakha, Izyum, Gostomel, Bucha, Chernigov and other cities, people sit in bomb shelters for many days without food, water, electricity, medical care and communications. In Chernihiv and Mariupol, dead civilians are buried in mass graves, since constant shelling of cities makes it impossible to do it otherwise.

Russia refuses permission to open humanitarian corridors or regularly disrupts existing agreements in order to overcome the resistance of the local population, and torpedoes all attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to isolated cities. So, on March 11, out of 12 planned corridors, 4 worked. Desperate, local residents evacuate at their own risk under shelling, which leads to numerous civilian casualties..

The petition was signed by the following organizations:.

Center for Civil Liberties.

Ukrainian Institute for Human Rights.

ZMINA Human Rights Center.

Educational House of Human Rights - Chernihiv.

NGO "

Crimean Human Rights Group.

Mass Information Institute.

Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights.

Cherkasy Human Rights Center.

Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine.

Congress of National Communities of Ukraine.

School of Media Patriots.

Ukrainian Compliance Association.

Public communications agency "

Civic network "

Institute for Gender Programs.

Women's Veteran Movement.

Expert group "

Independent Anti-Corruption Defense Commission.

Foundation "

Media Detector.

Ivano-Frankivsk regional organization "

Manoff Foundation.

Signed individually:.

Maria Berlinskaya, veteran, author of Invisible Battalion, Senior Technical Advisor (IREX).

People's Deputy of Ukraine Nikita Poturaev.

People's Deputy of Ukraine Maria Mezentsev.

Deikun Anna, PhD student, University of Illinois at Chicago.