MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Emergencies Ministry announced Tuesday it would send another humanitarian aid convoy of up to 50 trucks to Ukraine later in the day.
“On October 28 at 3:00 p.m. [12:00 GMT], a Russian Emergencies Ministry convoy with humanitarian aid for the people of Donetsk and Luhansk regions will be sent from [the city of] Noginsk,” a ministry representative told RIA Novosti.
Since August, Russia has sent three humanitarian convoys of trucks, carrying food, water, power generators, medication and warm clothes to eastern Ukraine.
In April, Kiev forces started military operation against independence supporters in eastern Ukraine, which claimed lives of over 3,700 people. On September 5, the conflicting sides reached a ceasefire agreement at a Contact Group meeting in Minsk.
Due to the conflict, Ukraine's southeastern regions witnessed severe humanitarian catastrophe, as many citizens struggled without clean water, electricity and other essentials.
