“The International Committee of the Red Cross expressed its readiness for the further work of the sub-delegation in the city of Lugansk, Lugansk People’s Republic of the Russian Federation,” she told RIA Novosti.

In September, Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting with the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, announced the need for humanitarian support for the Donbass republics.

In July, the Russian Ministry of Defense asked the UN, the World Health Organization and the ICRC to influence the Ukrainian military, which is placing firing positions in medical facilities.