The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine called " infractions of international norms " that the trucks from the Russian humanitarian convoy crossed the Ukrainian border, and tried to persuade international partners to condemn the Russian Federation.

on the last working day of the week the first batch of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from Russia crossed the border with Ukraine. As before said the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Kiev a few days in a row was postponed formally necessary for the ICRC agreement, although the agreement of the Ukrainian side at the beginning of the movement of the column was officially confirmed by without any reservations in a telephone conversation of Ministers of foreign Affairs of Russia and Ukraine.

However, on August 21, the process of customs and border procedures was stopped referring to very quickly activated the fire of Lugansk. In the capital of Russia did not rule out deliberate delaying delivery of humanitarian cargo to Kiev, which " seems to have aimed to provide a " sweep " of Luhansk and Donetsk for independence Day on August 24 ". In this regard, Moscow adopted a conclusion about moving columns and warned against any attempts to disrupt the only humanitarian mission, which was prepared long ago, in total transparency and in cooperation with the Ukrainian side and the ICRC.

" We believe this act is another blatant infractions of the Russian Federation the key principles of international law, such as the inviolability of borders, non-interference in the internal Affairs of other countries and faithful implementation of international obligations

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