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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako (L) attends a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 12, 2026, along with other members of the imperial family. (Pool photo)

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako attends a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

A Tendai Buddhist monk from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, visits a home in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by the Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

Tendai Buddhist monks from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, walk around houses in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako listens to Japanese Red Cross Aichi Medical Center Nagoya Daini Hospital's emergency unit chief Shinji Inada speaking at a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako attends a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako (5th from R) attends a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025, along with other members of the imperial family. (Pool photo)

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako (L) hands out awards to people who have contributed to the Japanese Red Cross Society's activities during the body's event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako hands out awards to people who have contributed to the Japanese Red Cross Society's activities during the body's event in Tokyo on May 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Russian drone wreckage damages apartment block in Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv

Ukrainian Red Cross Society representatives works outside a five-storey apartment building in the Shevchenkivskyi district damaged by the falling Russian drone debris, where two people died, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Ukrinform)

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Russian troops attack Kharkiv with ballistic missiles

Volunteers of a rapid response team of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society stay by an elderly man injured by a Russian ballistic missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 18, 2025. Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with three ballistic missiles at dawn on Friday, April 18. The missile attack injured 87 people, including six children. Seventeen people were admitted to local hospitals, including a four-year-old girl, a one-year-old boy, and a 14-year-old girl. Currently, three of the injured are in critical condition. One person died. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Russian troops attack Kharkiv with ballistic missiles

Volunteers of a rapid response team of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society stay by an elderly man injured by a Russian ballistic missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 18, 2025. Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with three ballistic missiles at dawn on Friday, April 18. The missile attack injured 87 people, including six children. Seventeen people were admitted to local hospitals, including a four-year-old girl, a one-year-old boy, and a 14-year-old girl. Currently, three of the injured are in critical condition. One person died. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Myanmar Earthquake Aftermath

Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team conduct rescue efforts in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. A 15-member group of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team arrived in Mandalay, Myanmar, early Monday. The rescue team was organized under the coordination of China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the Red Cross Society of China. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar Earthquake Aftermath

Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team conduct rescue efforts in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. A 15-member group of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team arrived in Mandalay, Myanmar, early Monday. The rescue team was organized under the coordination of China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the Red Cross Society of China. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar Earthquake Aftermath

Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team conduct rescue efforts in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 31, 2025. A 15-member group of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team arrived in Mandalay, Myanmar, early Monday. The rescue team was organized under the coordination of China's Ministry of Emergency Management and the Red Cross Society of China. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath of Russian missile attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 20, 2024 - A Ukrainian Red Cross Society worker walks along a street in the Holosiivskyi district covered with rubble after a Russian missile attack, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. On Friday morning, December 20, Russian forces attacked Kyiv allegedly with Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from MiG-31K aircraft and Iskander/KN-23 ballistic missiles. One person was killed and at least 12 people were injured.

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Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 10, 2024 - A Ukrainian Red Cross Society member and a police officer help a woman crying near a building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Three people are dead and at least 14 people are injured. An office building, a medical centre and other buildings are damaged. There may be people under the rubble.

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Evacuation of multi-child family from frontline Uspenivka in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - A law enforcement officer and a representative of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine stand by the truck during the evacuation of a multi-child family from the war zone, Uspenivka village, Zaporizhzhia region, south-eastern Ukraine

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Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment block killing teenage girl

KYIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - A Ukrainian Red Cross Society worker talks to a resident of an apartment block in the Solomianskyi district that was hit by a Russian attack drone, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. A girl born in 2009 was killed and at least five people were injured.

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Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment block killing teenage girl

KYIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Residents of an apartment block in the Solomianskyi district that was hit by a Russian attack drone get help from a Ukrainian Red Cross Society, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. A girl born in 2009 was killed and at least five people were injured.

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Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment block killing teenage girl

KYIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - Residents of an apartment block in the Solomianskyi district that was hit by a Russian attack drone get help from a Ukrainian Red Cross Society, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. A fifteen-year-old girl was killed and at least five people were injured.

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Russian drone hits Kyiv apartment block killing teenage girl

KYIV, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 25, 2024 - A Ukrainian Red Cross Society worker talks to a resident of an apartment block in the Solomianskyi district that was hit by a Russian attack drone, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. A fifteen-year-old girl was killed and at least five people were injured.

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a blood donation center of the Japanese Red Cross Society in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a blood donation center of the Japanese Red Cross Society in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a blood donation center of the Japanese Red Cross Society in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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At Least 13 Dead In Uganda Landfill Landslide

Humanitarian workers carry away one of the bodies retrieved from the site of a garbage dump landslide near the town of Gayaza, central district of Wakiso, Uganda on Aug. 10, 2024. At least 13 people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda's central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The authority said concerted efforts with police, related ministries, and the Uganda Red Cross Society had successfully rescued 14 people. Photo by Simon Tumwine/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 13 Dead In Uganda Landfill Landslide

Humanitarian workers treat one of the survivors from a garbage dump landslide near the town of Gayaza, central district of Wakiso, Uganda on Aug. 10, 2024. At least 13 people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda's central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The authority said concerted efforts with police, related ministries, and the Uganda Red Cross Society had successfully rescued 14 people. Photo by Simon Tumwine/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UGANDA-WAKISO-GARBAGE DUMP-LANDSLIDE

(240811) -- WAKISO, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Humanitarian workers treat one of the survivors from a garbage dump landslide near the town of Gayaza, central district of Wakiso, Uganda on Aug. 10, 2024. At least eight people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda's central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The authority said concerted efforts with police, related ministries, and the Uganda Red Cross Society had successfully rescued 14 people. (Photo by Simon Tumwine/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UGANDA-WAKISO-GARBAGE DUMP-LANDSLIDE

(240811) -- WAKISO, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2024 shows the site of a garbage dump landslide near the town of Gayaza, district of Wakiso, in central Uganda. At least eight people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda's central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The authority said concerted efforts with police, related ministries, and the Uganda Red Cross Society had successfully rescued 14 people. (Photo by Simon Tumwine/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UGANDA-WAKISO-GARBAGE DUMP-LANDSLIDE

(240811) -- WAKISO, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Humanitarian workers carry away one of the bodies retrieved from the site of a garbage dump landslide near the town of Gayaza, central district of Wakiso, Uganda on Aug. 10, 2024. At least eight people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda's central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The authority said concerted efforts with police, related ministries, and the Uganda Red Cross Society had successfully rescued 14 people. (Photo by Simon Tumwine/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russian troops strike Kharkiv with glide bombs

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - JULY 3, 2024 - A Ukrainian Red Cross Society representative is outside a house destroyed by the Russian glide bomb attack, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. At about 4 pm on Wednesday, July 3, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs injuring at least eight people.

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Japan Empress Masako at Red Cross event

Japanese Empress Masako attends a Japanese Red Cross Society event in Tokyo on May 15, 2024. (Pool photo)

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China's voice on int'l humanitarian affairs very significant: ICRC Director-General

STORY: China's voice on int'l humanitarian affairs very significant: ICRC Director-General SHOOTING TIME: May 8, 2024 DATELINE: May 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ICRC 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PIERRE KRAHENBUHL, ICRC's director-general 3. various of aid from Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PIERRE KRAHENBUHL, ICRC's director-general STORYLINE: China's voice on humanitarian affairs is very significant and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will work with China to mobilize attention around the need to better respect the Geneva Conventions, said ICRC Director-General Pierre Krahenbuhl. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PIERRE KRAHENBUHL, ICRC's director-general "First of all, if I start with the Red Cross Society of China, I say we have a very strong humanitarian partnership there where we're looking at international cooperation, we're looking at promotion and respecting international humanitarian law. We live in a world

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CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-RCSC-ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(240508) -- BEIJING, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends the celebration marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) and delivers a speech in Beijing, capital of China, May 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jie)

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Flood crisis in Kenya leaves thousands homeless

STORY: Flood crisis in Kenya leaves thousands homeless SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024 DATELINE: April 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:06:11 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood and damaged houses 2. STANDUP (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter 3. various of the flood and locals 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DICKSON MAKASI, Local resident 5. various of the flood and locals 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DOWLYNE ANGELA, Local resident 7. various of the flood and locals 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SOSPETER ANDURU, Member of County Assembly, Lucky Summer 9. various of locals at shelter STORYLINE: Kenya has been experiencing heavy rains, which led to floods affecting 34 counties in the East Africa country. According to reports by the Kenya Red Cross, the death toll is at least 70, and the number is expected to rise in the coming days as the heavy rains continue. The reports show that an estimated 12,000 people have been displaced and about 130,000 households affected countrywide. The effects of th

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Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Akasaka estate in Tokyo on April 11, 2024, to meet with former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko, her grandparents, after she recently started working at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in the capital.

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Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Akasaka estate in Tokyo on April 11, 2024, to meet with former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko, her grandparents, after she recently started working at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in the capital.

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Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Akasaka estate in Tokyo on April 11, 2024, to meet with former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko, her grandparents, after she recently started working at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in the capital.

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Princess Aiko at Japanese Red Cross Society

Japan's Princess Aiko is pictured at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in Tokyo on April 1, 2024, her first day of work.

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Princess Aiko at Japanese Red Cross Society

Japan's Princess Aiko is pictured at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in Tokyo on April 1, 2024, her first day of work.

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Princess Aiko at Japanese Red Cross Society

Japan's Princess Aiko is pictured at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in Tokyo on April 1, 2024, her first day of work.

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Princess Aiko at Japanese Red Cross Society

Japan's Princess Aiko is pictured at the Japanese Red Cross Society's headquarters in Tokyo on April 1, 2024, her first day of work.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.

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Food Train in Kharkiv affected by power outages

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 26, 2024 - Volunteers and workers of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society get lunches for the patients of hospitals and internally displaced persons living in hostels at the Food Train which arrived in the city suffering from power outages caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. The Food Train is a project of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) that was implemented with the foundation of American billionaire Howard Buffett. The kitchen train can produce more than 10,000 servings of food a day, even in the absence of power.