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Riga hands over 11 passenger buses, humanitarian aid to Kyiv – Klitschko
KYIV. May 2 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Some 11 modern passenger buses from Riga and humanitarian aid have arrived in Kyiv, Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said.
"Friends! Today, our Latvian partners, a delegation from the Riga mayor’s office, donated 11 modern passenger buses to Kyiv as assistance. And also humanitarian aid," the mayor of Kyiv wrote on his Telegram channel on Saturday.
Klitschko thanked Deputy Mayor of Riga Edvards Smiltens for his visit to personally convey this assistance.
"For us, this is evidence of Latvia’s solidarity with Ukraine, its capital, with the Ukrainian people in our struggle for our independence and freedom," he said.
Each bus has a print of a symbolic hugging mural created in Riga by a Latvian artist.
The city authorities of Riga are considering the possibility of transferring more than 30 buses to Kyiv.
