Column of EMERCOM of Russia with humanitarian aid for the population of Donbass arrived at the Russian border, said the Deputy head of the National center for crisis management, emergency Oleg Voronov.

over 160 cars driven in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, More than 1, 8 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo, about 90% of which are food. People living in 2 areas will be delivered necessities and other facilities for the residents.

Voronov said that the Column had come from don rescue center.

"in the way it was divided into two: some cars went to the border crossing point" Donetsk ", the other part - "Matveyev Kurgan, where he currently starts customs clearance in the prescribed manner", he said.

both checkpoints at the customs and border procedures involved the Ukrainian customs officers and border guards who check the congruence of goods applications. There are also Authorized by the OSCE mission and correspondents.

"Humanitarian aid in equal parts to be divided between Lugansk and Donetsk oblasts," said ravens.

As told one of the drivers of the column, most of his colleagues involved in the delivery of goods in the Donbass, already have experience of participation in such operations, " for this reason, all the steps worked out, harmoniously ".

"I realize that we currently expect with the same impatience and hope

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