FIRST TRUCKS OF RUSSIA'S SECOND UKRAINE AID CONVOY CROSS BORDER (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, September 12, 2014, 22:08

A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine is parked at a camp near Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Region, September 12, 2014 (Reuters / Alexey Koverznev)

The first 70 trucks in Russia’s 2nd convoy carrying long-awaited humanitarian aid for devastated areas of eastern Ukraine have crossed the border after weeks of delays that occurred despite an agreement on relief corridors in the Minsk ceasefire deal.

The first batch of trucks had passed through Russia’s ‘Donetsk’ checkpoint into the buffer zone shortly before midnight on Friday. Trucks had to wait for several hours to get clearance for further movement from Russian customs officers supervised by their Ukrainian colleagues.

Another group of several dozen white Kamaz trucks was waiting for its turn to undergo customs proceedings, as the first group moved into Ukrainian territory early on Saturday morning.

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