OREANDA-NEWS. Ukraine has requested urgent humanitarian assistance from the European Union, European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic said on his Twitter. He called the Russian military operation a completely unjustified invasion and called on EU countries to help Ukraine immediately.

After a completely unjustified Russian invasion, Ukraine today submitted an urgent request for medical aid items through the Civil Protection Mechanism. I call on all Member and Participating States to respond immediately with offers of assistance. The time to help is now,” Lenarcic said.

Formerly Head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics. GV Plekhanov Andrei Koshkin said that Ukraine can only count on humanitarian aid from the United States and its allies. There will be no military assistance, which follows from their position, he noted.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to launch a special military operation in the Donbass in order to demilitarize Ukraine. Putin noted that the events that are unfolding today are not connected with the desire to infringe on the interests of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, but with the protection of Russia from those who “took Ukraine hostage and are trying to use it” against Russia.