Ukraine and Russia agreed on the consultation on the closure of the border
Kiev and Moscow have agreed to begin meeting on the closure of the border, said the press Secretary of the President of Ukraine Svyatoslav Tsigalko. " Poroshenko: Ukraine and Russia agreed to begin meeting on the closure of the border between border guards and supervisors of General staff, " wrote Tsigalko in his own microblog on Twitter. Russian convoy of 280 trucks with humanitarian aid on August 22, after long delays with paperwork and verification part of the cargo of Ukrainian customs officers, crossed the border and arrived in Lugansk, located on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. The head of the security Service of Ukraine Valentyn Nalyvaichenko has assessed it as " a direct intrusion on the space of Ukraine and Vice-President of the United States Joe Biden said the " outrageous provocation." In the capital of Russia claimed that the mission was prepared in the atmosphere of full transparency and in coordination with the Ukrainian authorities and the Red Cross. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine after said further delivery of humanitarian assistance must undoubtedly be controlled by Ukrainian border guards and customs officers. According to the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, the Russian side at the beginning received the consent of the Ukrainian side, and then worked with the border guard and customs services of Ukraine, Authorized in which a large number were on the Russian border crossing " Donetsk ".