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Russia Forms 35th Aid Convoy for Conflict-Torn Eastern Ukraine

© Sputnik / Sergey Pivovarov / Go to the mediabankHumanitarian aid convoy for southeastern Ukraine about to depart from Rostov Region
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The Russian Emergencies Ministry is preparing another humanitarian aid convoy for Ukraine's crisis-torn Donbass region to help local residents survive through a humanitarian crisis, the ministry's press-service said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, humanitarian aid trucks left the city of Noginsk in the Moscow Region for the Rostov Region in the south of Russia, from which the humanitarian aid cargo will be sent to eastern Ukraine.

"The 35th humanitarian aid convoy is being formed in the Rostov region, in the Donskoy rescue center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, where the trucks from Noginsk will join the vehicles from other regions of Russia," a representative of the press-service told reporters.

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The cargo is scheduled to depart for the Donbass in the coming days, and will include foodstuffs, medicine and daily necessities, according to the ministry.

The convoy will deliver the aid to the Donetsk and Lugansk regions that have been severely affected by fighting between Kiev forces and eastern Ukraine militia, which started in April 2014. Overall, Russia has already sent more than 41,000 metric tons of humanitarian aid to the Donbass since the conflict started.

The previous aid convoy that Russia had assembled for the residents of Ukraine’s southeast arrived to the country on July 30.

© Sputnik / Sergey Pivovarov / Go to the mediabankTrucks with humanitarian aid for southeastern Ukraine in the village of Kovalyovka, the Rostov Region
Trucks with humanitarian aid for southeastern Ukraine in the village of Kovalyovka, the Rostov Region - Sputnik International
Trucks with humanitarian aid for southeastern Ukraine in the village of Kovalyovka, the Rostov Region

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