Russia plans to send second aid convoy to Ukraine

  • 2/10/2023
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MOSCOW, Shawwal 29, 1435, August 25, 2014, SPA -- Russia announced plans Monday to send a second aid convoy into rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many residential buildings in ruins, AP reported. Russia's unilateral dispatch of over 200 trucks into Ukraine on Friday was denounced by the Ukrainian government as an invasion and condemned by the United States, the European Union and NATO. Even though the white-tarpaulined tractor-trailers returned to Russia without incident on Saturday, the announcement of another convoy was likely to raise new suspicions that Russia is supplying the rebels. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Russia had notified the Ukrainian government it was preparing to send a second convoy along the same route in the coming days. Lavrov also said the food, water and other goods delivered to the hard-hit rebel city of Luhansk by the first convoy were being distributed Monday with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. --SPA 13:32 LOCAL TIME 10:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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