Trucks with humanitarian aid from Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv are on their way to Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Ukrainian government has said.

As the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported, columns of trucks left at 1100 for the town of Starobilsk in Luhansk region, where the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will meet them according to international norms. The ICRC will distribute this aid among civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk regions who are in territories controlled by Russian-led insurgents.

The press service also reported that the state budget allocated UAH 10 million for the purchase of basic necessities for Donetsk and Luhansk citizens.