The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) mission has sent a convoy carrying humanitarian aid to the city of Donetsk, which is outside Kyiv's control, the press service for the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service said.

Ten trucks carrying food and construction materials drove through the checkpoint Novotroitske into the territory outside the control of Ukrainian authorities, it said.

The total weight of the humanitarian aid is over 190 tonnes.

"The cargo was sent from the ICRC mission," the report said.