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Bochum sends relief supplies to eastern Ukraine
STORY: Two cities that are linked in friendship: Bochum in the Ruhr area and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The town twinning can already look back on 35 years together. So it is only natural that not only do thoughts go to the East, but that concrete aid supplies are also prepared – especially against the background of an intensifying crisis caused by the Russian threat. Monika Grawe from the Bochum-Donezk eV Society on Wednesday: O-TON MONIKA GRAWE FROM THE BOCHUM-DONEZK EV SOCIETY: “And they need our help, they probably need our help now more than ever. So we have to do twice as much, because we already did that in 2014, 15, we will probably have to expand this a lot because we are afraid for our friends and the children, the children in Donetsk We are terrified that children will be killed there again become, innocent children.” So the concerns are great and so is the uncertainty. What is possible is done there. The relief supplies include clothes, shoes, crockery, towels, bedding – but also wheelchairs and medical aids. The transport in the direction of eastern Ukraine should include around 1,100 packages. And the departure of the goods is scheduled for March 1.
For 35 years there has been a twinning between the city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, which is more than 2,500 kilometers away.