19 Apr 2019 10:08

UNICEF sends 20 tonnes of construction materials to Donbas

KYIV. April 19 (Interfax) - A truck convoy carrying about 20 tonnes of construction materials donated by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has passed through the Novotroitske checkpoint into Donbas territories uncontrolled by the Ukrainian government, the Ukrainian State Border Service said in a statement.

"Six trucks of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have passed through the Novotroitske checkpoint into the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. Some 19.3 tonnes of humanitarian aid (construction materials) were sent to residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions," the statement said.