Russia claims Ukraine aid route was agreed
MOSCOW. Aug 12 (Interfax) - Moscow is stunned by Kyiv's claims of no agreement being reached over the route for a convoy carrying Russian humanitarian aid, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"We are bewildered by Ukraine's recent allegations of non-agreement on the itinerary for the convoy and all these new logistic requirements," the ministry said on its website on Tuesday.
"Given the existing agreements, we hope the aid delivery parameters agreed with Ukraine earlier will be complied with," the ministry said.
"Russia is counting on Ukraine's maximum cooperation in ensuring safe delivery of the humanitarian aid for residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine," the ministry said.
"In order to provide humanitarian aid for residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, Russia has agreed with Ukraine and the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) and sent humanitarian aid containing food, medications and power-generation equipment. In doing so Russia took account of Ukraine's requests concerning the motorcade itinerary, cargo inspection and other aspects of the delivery operation," the ministry said.
"The humanitarian operation will involve 262 motor vehicles, including 198 cars with trailers loaded with materials and power units weighing in total 1,809.9 tonnes," the ministry said. "The aid includes: 69 electric-power units, 400 tonnes of grains, 340 tonnes of canned meat, 30 tonnes of salt, 100 tonnes of sugar, 60 tonnes of canned milk, 0.8 tonnes of tea, 679.5 tonnes of bottled water, 62.4 tonnes of baby food, 54 tonnes of medical items, and 12,300 sleeping bags," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
It was reported that a convoy carrying humanitarian aid for people in east Ukraine left the city of Naro-Fominsk in Moscow region on Tuesday morning.
Kyiv officials said they had not received the list of items in the humanitarian aid from Russia that Russia was going to send to the Donbas region.