August 27, 2015
More than 100 trucks have delivered over 1,100 tons of humanitarian aid, including 500 tons of foodstuffs and 700 tons of textbooks and furniture for local schools.
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has delivered its 37th humanitarian aid convoy to Donbas, the ministry’s press service told TASS on Thursday.
“All vehicles carrying humanitarian cargo have arrived in Donetsk and Lugansk,” a spokesman for the ministry said.
No incidents occurred on the way, all vehicles are in order, he added. After the unloading, the convoy will return to Russia.
Since August 2014, Russia has delivered more than 44,000 tons of humanitarian cargos to Ukraine’s embattled Donbas region.