MOSCOW (Sputnik) — More than 30 Spanish humanitarian brigade members came to Moscow on May 5 to join hundreds of volunteers from across Europe and head to the border with Ukraine, the destination of humanitarian aid they were bringing.
The aid was distributed among civilians and several battalions in Donbas. The Spanish team brought medicines, clothes, food and other utensils, such as batteries to conflict-ridden eastern Ukraine.
"I saw the region [become] more quiet than what I remember from my [previous] trip last summer, this may be due to the Minsk II agreements, but still fighting and killings continue in many places," Gomez, a member of the Ruben Ruiz Ibarruri brigade who just returned from Eastern Ukraine said.
"This situation raises fear among that population that a strong offensive is coming."
Now Gomez and his colleagues fear what kind of reaction their visit may provoke in Spain in light of February arrests of eight Spaniards for travelling to east Ukraine’s Donbas.
The people of Donbas have been suffering from a severe humanitarian crisis since Kiev launched a military operation against local independence supporters in April, 2014. The conflict in Ukraine's southeast claimed more than 6,100 lives, according to UN estimates.
