Red Cross says hands out 100 tons of Kyiv’s humanitarian aid in eastern Ukraine
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Geneva. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has handed out 100 metric tons of aid from Ukraine’s humanitarian convoy in 10 eastern Ukrainian cities since Saturday, the ICRC said in a statement on Sunday, ITAR-TASS reported.
The statement said food, mainly fruit and vegetables, are to be distributed among over 200,000 displaced persons in centers and hospitals of the city of Starobelsk in the Lugansk Region and at other places.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry sent a 262-truck convoy with relief supplies for residents of the war-torn southeast of Ukraine on August 12. The cargo contains some 2,000 metric tons of humanitarian aid, including food (grain, sugar, baby food), medications, sleeping bags and portable power generators.
The first 16 white Kamazes with the aid have already arrived at the Donetsk border-crossing point in Russia. The trucks are at a local motor depot.
A few days after the Russian convoy set off for the mission, Kyiv said it is also sending trucks with humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s eastern regions, which have been the scene of fierce clashes between troops loyal to Kyiv and local militias.
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