Ukraine border service ready to document new Russian aid convoy

Russia November 28, 2014, 15:36

Around 60 trucks carry glass, roofing materials, sugar and canned goods for the residents of the conflict-torn eastern Ukraine

KIEV, November 28. /TASS/. Ukrainian state border officials will officially document the arrival of Russia's new humanitarian aid convoy under requirements of international and Ukrainian legislation, border service chief Viktor Nazarenko told a news conference on Friday.

"Official notification has been received from Russia's Foreign Ministry that a new convoy will arrive at the Donetsk-Izvarino and Matveyev-Kurgan border checkpoints on November 30", he said.

Around 60 trucks left Moscow Region in the mornin of November 27 and headed south. The trucks are carrying glass, roofing materials, sugar and canned goods for the residents of the conflict-torn eastern Ukraine.

Since mid-August through mid-November, seven Russian convoys delivered more than 8,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Donetsk and Luhansk. The cargo consisted of food, bottled water, bed linen, electric stations, water filtering stations, medicines and fuel.

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