Invited this Sunday afternoon by France Info, the socialist mayor of Marseille Benoît Payan said he was ready for the Marseille city to welcome, "if necessary, war refugees" in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

The city of Marseilles has been twinned for fifty years with the Ukrainian municipality of Odessa.

In solidarity with the Ukrainians, the mayor of Marseille also announced at the microphone of France Info that he had implemented the organization "tomorrow, at the town hall, of a collection of foodstuffs, basic necessities", in order to be able to send them in Ukraine, and in particular in Odessa, "as soon as we are asked to do so.

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A collection for Ukrainian refugees

In a press release, the town hall invites the Marseillais to go to the town hall this Monday in the afternoon to bring medicines or clothes there.

The city also invites donations of necessities, such as sleeping bags, throws or pillows, hygiene products, tents, camp beds or candles, and finally food, such as pasta, dried fruit or cans.

“I asked Marseille hospitals to mobilize, adds the mayor of Marseille.

And they are.

I asked the battalion of marine firefighters to provide stocks of survival blankets, basic necessities, tents, civil security.

Last Friday, the environmentalist mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet also said he was ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees.

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