People in Need on the list of aid organizations ordered out of Luhansk

Several international nongovernmental aid organizations, including the Czech Republic’s People in Need have been ordered out of Luhansk, a separatist-controlled region in eastern Ukraine. Separatist leaders said a number of Western aid groups had been told to leave the country by September 26 for "grave violations" of local laws. The only relief organization left active in the area will be the International Red Cross. The Czech Republic’s People in Need has strongly denied the allegations. The head of People in Need, Šimon Pánek, told the ČTK news agency he had no knowledge of any violations and no idea what the accusations pertained to.