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First 16 Trucks of Russian Humanitarian Aid Convoy Start Moving Toward Ukrainian Border

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The first 16 trucks of Russia’s humanitarian aid convoy have started moving toward Ukrainian border, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY (Rostov Region), August 17 (RIA Novosti) — The first 16 trucks of Russia’s humanitarian aid convoy have started moving toward Ukrainian border, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.

The trucks are not expected to cross the border on Sunday, a representative of the contractor transport company told RIA Novosti earlier in the day. However, more trucks are expected to be moving from the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov Region, where they were parked, throughout the day in order to avoid a traffic jam at the checkpoint.

The representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are inspecting the Russian trucks still parked at the site, where they have remained for several days awaiting the permission of the Ukrainian authorities to cross the border.

In early August, in light of a worsening humanitarian situation in the Ukrainian east, Russia came up with a proposal at the UN Security Council to send an international humanitarian mission with Russian humanitarian aid under the auspices of the ICRC to the troubled regions.

On August 12, 280 trucks carrying about 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid, with 400 tons of grain, 100 tons of sugar, 62 tons of baby food, 54 tons of medication, 12,000 sleeping bags and 69 mobile electrical generators set off from the Moscow region heading towards conflict areas in crisis-torn Ukraine.

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