MOSCOW (AP) — The largest provider of humanitarian aid in rebel-held eastern Ukraine said on Wednesday that it has suspended its operations there.
The charity foundation run by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov has been distributing food and other supplies to residents in the rebel-controlled east, where most of the international aid organizations have no access.
Akhmetov’s foundation said in a statement on Wednesday that its work in the region has been paralyzed after rebels blocked access to Akhmetov’s Shakhtar FC arena in the rebel capital Donetsk, which hosted the 2012 European football championships and now serves as a warehouse for the relief effort.
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Source: KXAN
