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Mar 9 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Many of you are asking about our work in #Ukraine, as the situation becomes increasingly dire and desperate.

In just 2 weeks:

πŸ‘‰ Homes have been reduced to rubble

πŸ‘‰ Families have no food, no water, no heat, no medical care

πŸ‘‰ 2 million people have fled

What are we doing? πŸ‘‡
Right now, we're present in:

πŸ“ Kyiv
πŸ“ Mariupol
πŸ“ Odessa
πŸ“ Donetsk
πŸ“ Luhansk
πŸ“ Severodonetsk
πŸ“ + other places

Additional staff arrived this week to help rapidly scale up our work.

This includes medical staff, weapons contamination specialists and emergency team members.
So far, our team across #Ukraine have delivered:

πŸ‘‰ Food, water, hygiene items
πŸ‘‰ Shelter materials, fuel
πŸ‘‰ Tools for water infrastructure repair
πŸ‘‰ Cash assistance
πŸ‘‰ Blankets, mattresses, pillows, and more

To help tens of thousands of people.
Outside of #Ukraine, we're sending teams to:

➑️ Hungary
➑️ Russia
➑️ Moldova
➑️ Poland
➑️ Romania

To support our regional response and coordinate with our Red Cross partners.

We're also setting up logistical hubs in neighbouring countries to be able to send more aid in.
The safety and wellbeing of people affected by the conflict is our number one priority.

This includes the safety of our teams.

It’s clear the needs are immense in #Ukraine. And are growing by the hour.

We’re urgently scaling up our response to meet those needs. More to come.

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More from @ICRC

Mar 12
Our colleagues in #Mariupol are taking shelter in our office.

This is how one described the situation πŸ‘‡
β€œThere's no electricity, water and gas supply. Meaning no means for heating.

Some people still have food, but I’m not sure for how long it will last.

Many report having no food for children.”
β€œPeople report varying needs in medicine. Especially for diabetes and cancer patients.

But there is no way to find it anymore in the city.

People are getting sick already because of the cold.”
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Mar 6
People are living in terror in Mariupol, desperate for safety.

Today’s attempt to start evacuating an estimated 200,000 people has failed.

The failed attempts underscore the absence of a detailed and functioning agreement between parties to the conflict. #Ukraine

Thread πŸ‘‡
We are not and cannot be the guarantor of a ceasefire agreement between the parties or of its implementation.

As a neutral and impartial humanitarian intermediary, we've been facilitating dialogue between the parties on the safe passage of civilians.

Civilians need safety.
Parties need to agree not just in principle but also on the details of safe passages.

In particular:

*Specific time, locations and evacuation routes
*Who may be voluntarily evacuated
*Whether aid can be brought in, not just the evacuation of civilians out
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Mar 4
We’ve received thousands of questions on the Geneva Conventions.

So, we’re going to break down the rules of war you need to know right now.

All states have signed these – and are legally obligated to follow them.

Thread πŸ‘‡
Civilians.

πŸ‘‰ They cannot be attacked.
πŸ‘‰ They must be protected.
πŸ‘‰ They are not a target.

Whatever wording you use – the message is the same. It is illegal.
Combatants.

Combatants must distinguish themselves from civilians in all military operations by wearing identifiable insignia and carrying arms openly. This helps protect civilians from harm.

Combatants must respect the rules of war. Period.
Read 10 tweets
Oct 28, 2020
We strongly condemn the latest surge in violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Civilian casualties mount as there is intense shelling in urban areas.

Just today, an @AzRedCrescent volunteer died. He was a father of two.
With the @IFRC and the Red Cross Red Crescent family, we offer our most heartfelt condolences to the family of the volunteer.

Two other volunteers were injured.
Death.
Destruction.
Desolation.

The intense shelling we witnessed today is unacceptable.
Read 6 tweets
Oct 28, 2020
Imagine: 2 countries are at war with each other.

Country β€˜A’ launches a cyber attack against the health system of Country β€˜B’, disrupting hospitals in a major city.

Under the rules of war, is this acceptable?
79% of you are correct!

Events in recent years have shown that cyber operations, whether during or outside of conflict, can disrupt the operation of critical civilian infrastructure and hamper the delivery of essential services to the population.
Civilian infrastructure is protected from cyber attacks during armed conflict by existing international humanitarian law (IHL) principles and rules.
Read 4 tweets
Nov 26, 2019
Not inevitable.
Not acceptable.
Not an accident.

Sexual violence is a crime, whenever and wherever it takes place.

Here’s how we’re trying to prevent it and provide care for survivors.
Preventing sexual violence is one of the oldest rules of war.

Sexual violence was punished by death in the Lieber Code, first modern code on the law of war, written in 1863.

The 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols also prohibit sexual violence at any time.
Despite this, we know sexual violence happens worldwide.

There is little or no data, which means its true extent is unknown.

For instance, 66% of survivors interviewed by @hrw didn’t report their assault to authorities or humanitarian organizations.
Read 7 tweets

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