Guwahati: India announced on Wednesday that it is prepared to provide Ukraine its 12th shipment of humanitarian aid, which includes 26 different types of medications in response to a special request from the Ukrainian side.
The assistance includes “hemostatic bandages,” which were particularly requested by the Ukrainian side, according to the country’s permanent representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, who spoke during a UN Security Council meeting to mark six months since the commencement of the Russian invasion.
In order to address the issue in their nation, the Ukrainian administration has asked the Indian government for assistance.
“We have provided the world with vaccines,” Kamboj remarked. We previously used it for medication. I want to reassure this council that if the global south faces challenges related to food, health, or energy security, India will step up.
She claimed that India’s strategy has remained one of encouraging diplomacy and negotiation as a means of putting an end to the fighting and addressing the economic difficulties that will arise after the war.
The Indian ambassador to the UN continued, “Many nations have asked India for the supply of wheat and sugar, and we are responding favourably.”
Kamboj condemned the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, saying that India had sent more than 1.8 million tonnes of wheat to developing nations including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan, and Yemen in just the previous three months.
She further emphasised that the situation in Ukraine will not only have an impact on Europe but has also put the security of food, fertiliser, and gasoline in developing countries at risk.
In addition, the ambassador said at the meeting that India supports dialogue between the two countries and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally discussed this with the leaders of both countries on numerous occasions.
In the meantime, the United Nations had launched the Black Sea Initiative to assist in addressing the worldwide food insecurity that was leading to a scarcity of food and increasing prices. On July 22, Russia and Ukraine signed it.
Around 1,000 boys and girls have reportedly died or been injured in the Ukrainian conflict, according to UNICEF’s executive director. The real figures might be substantially higher.
According to UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, since the conflict erupted over six months ago, “at least 972 children in Ukraine have been killed or injured by violence, an average of over five children killed or injured each day.”
People in Ukraine have experienced really upsetting experiences. Those who run from violence run a high chance of experiencing family disruption, abuse, sexual exploitation, and more attacks. Families have been split apart and lives have been destroyed, according to numerous UN organisations.