“Today I would like to announce Russia’s plans to send another humanitarian convoy as part of humanitarian assistance to the southeast of Ukraine. We expect to put [the plans] into practice with the assistance from the Ukrainian side and the international Red Cross committee on February 8,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters.
Russian Foreign Ministry officials have sent a diplomatic note on the issue to their Ukrainian counterparts, Lukashevich said.
“The 14th convoy will set off from Noginsk on February 15,” he said, adding that it was yet unclear how many vehicles would travel in the convoy.
The ministry’s latest convoy, the twelfth since Russia started aid deliveries to war-torn eastern Ukraine in August last year, delivered over 1,500 metric tons of humanitarian cargo to Donetsk and Luhansk on January 31.
An ongoing military confrontation between Kiev forces and eastern Ukrainian independence supporters has led to a humanitarian crisis in the region.
Since August, more than 14,000 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered to the eastern Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. The convoys have delivered food, water, medication, power generators and construction materials.
