 The JNA's bombardment of Dubrovnik culminated on 6 December 1991 which provoked international condemnation.As a result of the blockade, approximately 50,000 citizens in Dubrovnik lived without electricity and access to enough fresh drinking water, food and medicine.In October 1991 in Zagreb, the "Dubrovnik Salvation Fund Sveti Vlaho", the Croatian Writers' Association and Matica hrvatska launched an initiative to break through the naval blockade and deliver the necessary humanitarian assistance to the people of Dubrovnik.