Lithuanian activists arranged a collection of things and products to help participants in the military conflict in eastern Ukraine, which the Kiev authorities call an antiterrorist operation (ATO). On this on Wednesday, May 3, the correspondent of the portal BaltNews. Lt from Kaunas. According to him, delegates of public organizations organize apartment rounds and ask residents to donate panties, diapers, clothes, shoes, bandages, blankets, tents, as well as long-term storage products (cereals, canned goods, sugar and sunflower oil) to the needs of "the whole Europe". Those who refuse to contribute to Ukrainian fighters things, activists call for help with money. In the middle of April BaltNews. Lt reported that the Ukrainian military had established a cross on the Lithuanian mountain Krestov (located near the town of Siauliai). The monument is designed to honor the memory of those killed during the conflict in Donbass. Ukrainian military Olex Sokil, who participated in the opening ceremony, said that Ukrainians will always remain brothers for Lithuanians and promised to come to the rescue, "whatever that is". "We will not be stopped by any agreements. Nothing will stop us. If you say that we need help, we will come. Because. Europe, of course, supported us, but supported only in words, and you are in fact, "he said..

It is noted at the same time that the official reaction of neither Vilnius nor Kiev to this statement was not followed by. Armed conflict in the south-east of Ukraine began in April 2014 after the Ukrainian authorities announced the launch of the ATU. In Donetsk the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics were proclaimed. Kiev regularly accuses Russia of involvement in events in the region, Moscow refutes these allegations, citing lack of evidence.

Original article: In Lithuania, we began to collect panties and diapers for participants of the ATU.