Candles, medicines, generators: volunteer names Kherson residents' priority needs

Humanitarian aid will be allowed to be brought to Kherson in 3-5 days, so volunteers are looking for necessary things, including candles, medicine, food, gas stoves, and generators.

Svitlana Buhaienko, a volunteer from Kherson, said this on Espreso TV. 

“At the moment, the situation with humanitarian aid is difficult, because Kherson is still closed. We are being urged to wait another 3-5 days, and then we will be able to deliver humanitarian aid and everything that is necessary to the city. In the meantime, we are helping people with what we have,” she noted. 

According to Buhaienko, people do not give up, and Kherson residents are incredible.

“First of all, we need to restore electricity and water supply. Without this, it is very difficult for people - it is impossible to cook or wash. It is very cold in the apartments. There is information on my Instagram - we are collecting aid. As soon as there is access to the city, everything will be brought. Currently, we are collecting candles, medicine, food that does not require cooking, gas stoves, gas cylinders, and generators. These are the most necessary things as of now,” the volunteer concluded.

• On November 9, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced that Russian troops were withdrawing to the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region. 

• On November 12, OC South reported that advanced units of Ukraine's Armed Forces reached the right bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.

• The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported that the Ukrainian military is carrying out stabilization measures in the liberated settlements of the Kherson region, and the Russian forces are building defensive structures on the left bank of the Dnipro River. 

• The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, visited liberated Kherson and met with the Ukrainian military.

• On November 14, 2022, the Ukrainian flag was raised in de-occupied Kherson.