The invoice of humanism

The column of Russian armored vehicles on Thursday in the evening crossed the Ukrainian border, British journalists report from the scene. The Guardian correspondent saw 23 armored personnel carriers, accompanied by military trucks, entered Ukrainian territory on a border section that Kiev authorities did not control. With the onset of darkness, the BTRA crossed the border in the place where the prickly wire was absent, the British journalist said. This information is confirmed by his colleague from The Telegraph . It is emphasized that this is the first such case recorded by Western journalists.

In the same area, the "humanitarian convoy" of 270 trucks stopped. It was reported that the cars are directed to the Izvarino border point, which is controlled by terrorists. The avant-garde of the column turned in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky on the road leading to Krasnodon and Lugansk. The road to Krasnodon passes through the Donetsk checkpoint from the Russian side and the Izvarino checkpoint from the Ukrainian.

On the eve of the Secretary General of the Ukrainian branch of the Red Cross, Alla Khabarova said that the ICKK would not accept the cargo coming from Russia if it is delivered through the passage not controlled by the Kyiv authorities.

The coordinator of the public relations of the International Committee of the Red Cross Andre Lorsh confirmed that according to its rules of work, the Red Cross could not accept the load otherwise than through the border room controlled by Ukraine. “Such a format has still been discussed, such a scheme and no other,” he remarked.

Lorsh also said that he did not know the final route of passing the column with the Russian cargo.

In addition, he noticed Lorsh, the Red Cross expects from Moscow an exact list of goods aimed at Ukraine as “humanitarian aid”. So far, only “a general description of the content of these trucks” has been received from Russia, said the ICKK functionary.

In the morning, on Wednesday, the Russian “humanitarian convoy” moved in the direction of Belgorod , located near the Russian-Ukrainian border. A car column of 280 white KamAZs almost 3 kilometers in the night entered Voronezh at night. There, drivers took a break for relaxation and refueling of trucks. The movement in the city was blocked.

Meanwhile, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov promised that the convoy would not be missed in Ukraine. The Kharkov governor Igor Balut, in turn, said that the cargo would not be passed across the border with its region. Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk assured that Kyiv would receive humanitarian aid only from the ICRC.

The convoy of 280 Kamazov left the Moscow Region on August 12. The Russian side stated that cars are transported to Ukraine 400 tons of cereals, 100 tons of sugar, 62 tons of baby food, 54 tons of medical property and drugs, 12 thousand sleeping bags and 69 power plants of various capacities.