11:33 23.09.2014

Russia 'aid convoy' trucks may take equipment from defense enterprises in Donetsk – Shkiriak

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Russia 'aid convoy' trucks may take equipment from defense enterprises in Donetsk – Shkiriak

An advisor to the Ukrainian interior minister, Zorian Shkiriak, when speaking about the next Russian "humanitarian convoy" for Donetsk, has said that the Russian side is trying to remove equipment from defense enterprises in Donetsk city and Donetsk region on these trucks.

"The last convoy arrived in Donetsk almost empty. The issue may concern not only the delivery of high-precision tracking and guidance means, intelligence technology, but also, in particular, an attempt by Russia to take out from the territory of Donetsk and Donetsk region the equipment from our defense enterprises," he told Channel 5 on Monday evening.

However, he added: "This version [of events], in our opinion, today seems the most likely."

As reported, on September 20, a column of KamAZ trucks allegedly carrying Russian humanitarian aid arrived in Donetsk. Deputy Head of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Vladimir Stepanov said that humanitarian aid included "about 2,000 tonnes of basic necessities - food, medicines."

However, the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council noted that it had no information on the contents of this "humanitarian convoy." Ukrainian border guards and customs officers, as well as representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, were not allowed to check the contents of the trucks.

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