Temporary accommodation centers for foreign citizens have been opened on the territory of Pridnestrovie due to the aggravation of the situation in Ukraine. Six facilities have been prepared in various cities – Tiraspol, Rybnitsa, Kamenka, Dubossary, Dnestrovsk. Reserve options are thought out in case of an increase in the flow of arrivals. There are four centers for guests today. 4600 people who were forced to leave their homeland and seek shelter abroad have already taken advantage of Pridnestrovian hospitality and support. There are those whose temporary stay was short-term - these are citizens who entered Pridnestrovie in transit, others are delayed indefinitely, and thousands of them live in the homes of Pridnestrovians. More than six hundred people, 416 adults and 208 children have used temporary residence centers.
Centralized assistance in providing housing and food is provided by the Pridnestrovian state to more than three hundred of those who are commonly called refugees to date. 120 of them are children. Most of all foreign residents are in the Solnechny dispensary (Dnestrovsk). The first ones were settled on the 25th of February. This morning there were 217 people, 207 are accommodated now. This is more than the institution accepts at once under normal conditions. When providing sanatorium and health services, the maximum workload is 175 beds. The PMR President who visited Solnechny was told today that to maximize the coverage of foreign citizens in need of temporary accommodation, additional beds were added, compacting the accommodation of families. The President was accompanied during the visit by his wife and younger daughter.
Vadim Krasnoselsky examined how life was arranged, was interested in organizational issues, and asked if assistance was provided, in addition to the state. The President was told that the residents of the republic show indifference and responsiveness – they send clothes, food, hygiene products, books, toys. Organizations also provide various kinds of support: the Hi-Tech company, the 5 Pockets chain of stores, Agroprombank, Interdnestrkom, Moldavskaya State District Power Plant. The staff of the dispensary involved in the work of the center is 37 people. 19 employees work in shifts. The Krasnoselsky family thanked the employees of the institution for their work and understanding. They talked with those who now live in the Dnestrovsk dispensary. There are residents of Odessa, residents of Mariupol, settlements of Poltava region of Ukraine. Sweets were brought to the children, expressing the hope that the treat would bring them joy, brightening up the forced separation from their home.
The President discussed the current situation with Vitaly Neagu, Head of the Operational Headquarters. He asked about the availability of temporary residence centers with everything necessary. He paid special attention to the issue of providing medical care to foreign citizens. He clarified whether the mechanism for involving children in the educational process has been established. According to Vitaly Neagu, more than one and a half hundred applications for admission to the schools of the republic have been received so far. 119 children started their studies. Vadim Krasnoselsky focused on the fact that all of them should be provided with food in the canteens of educational institutions, as well as with all the necessary school supplies. More than fifty applications were accepted from parents of preschool children. Forty kids are already attending kindergartens in Pridnestrovie.
