ICRC officials contacted Soviet officials to gain approval for the Red Cross to organize international aid for Ukraine .
The head of the Soviet Red Crescent Society , Avel Yenukidze denied that there was any famine in Ukraine .
ICRC officials contacted Soviet officials to gain approval for the Red Cross to organize international aid for Ukraine , but the head of the Soviet Red Crescent Society , Avel Yenukidze denied that there was any famine in Ukraine .