
The UN Security Council on Friday will gather to discuss the situation with a breakthrough of the Russian “humanitarian convoy” to Ukraine, according to the Twitter of the French representative office at the UN. The meeting will pass behind closed doors. It will begin at 23:00 Moscow time.
Meanwhile, the first cars of the convoy have already reached Lugansk, the correspondent reports . NO. Residents of the city publish photos of white Kamazov. Trucks traveled without problems both through the territory controlled by separatists and through the territory that is under the control of government forces.
The OSCE notes that only 34 trucks were checked by international observers. The rest of the cars crossed the border without checking.
The European Union calls the sending of the Russian "humanitarian convoy" to Ukraine by violation of the law and calls on the Russian authorities to change its decision. This was stated by the Deputy Supreme Representative of the EU for International Affairs Sebastien Brabant, BBC reports .
"We regret the decision of Russia to send the humanitarian cargo to Ukrainian territory unaccompanied by the ICRC and the consent of the Ukrainian authorities. This is a clear violation of the Ukrainian border," Brabant said. According to him, this contradicts the previous agreements reached by Ukraine, Russia and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby accused Russia of violating the sovereignty of Ukraine, reports Reuters. "Russia must withdraw its vehicles and its staff from the territory of Ukraine immediately. Failure to comply with this requirement will lead to additional costs and isolation," he said.
NATO Secretary General Anders von Rasmussen also condemned the unauthorized entry of the Russian humanitarian convoy. "This is an egregious violation by Russia of international obligations, including prisoners in Berlin and Geneva, and a violation of Ukrainian sovereignty from Russia," the Secretary General said .
The promotion of the Russian "humanitarian convoy" in Ukraine is like an invasion, said the Swedish Foreign Minister Karl Bildt. The movement of the Russian "humanitarian convoy" in Ukrainian territory without the permission of Kyiv is unacceptable, the US press secretary in Moscow William Stevens said.
Russia began the illegal import of the humanitarian cargo into the territory of Ukraine, "ignoring the established international rules, procedures and reached agreements, without the consent and support of the International Committee of the Red Cross," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko also called the "egregious violation of international law" by the entry of the column to the country. “We will do everything possible so that this does not lead to more serious consequences,” Poroshenko said at a meeting in Kyiv with Lithuania Foreign Minister Linas Linkeavichus.
Poroshenko said that on his behalf, Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin and the head of the presidential administration Boris Lozhkin contacted their Russian impacts, "reported our concern and proposed to return the situation in the field of international law."
The Russian "humanitarian convoy"is moving around Ukraine unaccompanied by the ICRC employees . “We do not accompany it because of the unstable security situation,” the organization said. “We have not received sufficient guarantees of security from all warring parties.”
The terrorists put on the route of KamAZ posts of regulation and checkpoints "in order to ensure unhindered passage of the column."
The speaker of the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrei Lysenko emphasized that "the responsibility for the safe movement of the Russian column in the territory, which is temporarily not controlled by Ukrainian forces, lies exclusively in the Russian Federation."
The breakthrough of the "humanitarian convoy" into the territory of Ukraine began at about 12:30 Moscow time . The Ukrainian border guards who conducted inspection of the columns on the territory of the Russian checkpoint were pushed back by Russian military personnel. The shares were preceded by a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which reported that the convoy would move to Ukraine without the sanction of the authorities of this country. The department explained this decision by the fact that Kyiv supposedly deliberately delays the shipment of goods, each time putting forward new prepositions for this.