Kherson ombudsman says Alyoshki evacuees get document help
Each resident evacuated from Alyoshki is receiving individual help, and two need assistance obtaining Russian passports, the ombudsman said.
Authorities in Russia's Kherson Region are helping every Alyoshki evacuee restore lost documents, regional ombudsman Sergey Georgiev said on Tuesday, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.
Georgiev said each document case is being considered individually, with support from relevant agencies, volunteers and the regional human rights commissioner's office.
He said the matter is under the supervision of the Russian president, which he said gave him confidence that the work would proceed without major problems.
"Most importantly, people are now living in peaceful conditions," Georgiev said, adding that residents no longer have to wake up to drone strikes.
The commissioner said officials had spent several days working with the evacuees to establish their full range of needs.
Some evacuees need their benefit payments reinstated, others need documents restored, and two need help obtaining Russian passports, Georgiev said.
Some evacuees were wounded but have not received the regional payment, and officials will address that as well, he said.
Georgiev said officials have drawn up a plan setting out which agencies will work on each problem and how quickly they aim to resolve them.
The evacuations followed a ceasefire in Alyoshki that Russia and Ukraine agreed, with mediation from US First Lady Melania Trump, to allow a humanitarian operation in the city.
The ceasefire took effect at 4:00 a.m.
Moscow time on Oct. 27, and a humanitarian mission was carried out on Oct. 30, TASS reported, citing Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova.
Several dozen tons of food, hygiene products, generator fuel and other essentials were handed out to residents, Lantratova said, and everyone who wanted to leave was offered evacuation to either Russia or Ukraine.