ROSTOV REGION (Russia), November 16 (Sputnik) – Part of the Russian humanitarian convoy, carrying aid to residents of Donbas (southeastern Ukraine), have passed the border checkpoint in the Rostov Region, crossing the Ukrainian border, a Sputnik correspondent reports.
The trucks are now getting ready to continue their movement into the Ukrainian territory.
The Russian convoy split into two parts — with about 50 trucks delivering aid to Ukraine's Luhansk region and about 20 trucks heading to the Donetsk region. The trucks will deliver over 450 metric tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine's southeast.
Earlier, trucks from the Russian humanitarian convoy arrived at the border checkpoint in Russia's Rostov Region, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
On Saturday, Russia's Emergencies Ministry announced that a convoy of over 70 trucks had been formed in the country's Rostov Region.
The Russian humanitarian convoy, formed at the request of Donetsk and Luhansk authorities, is the seventh aid that Russia has sent to Donbas, which has been suffering from the humanitarian crisis after Kiev launched a military operation against the region's independence supporters back in April.
The previous convoy consisted of 20 trucks and delivered more than 100 metric tons of humanitarian aid to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on November 4.
