Kyiv to let in Russian humanitarian aid in batches

09:42, 18.08.2014 1 min read

Russian humanitarian aid to Donbas will reach the Izvaryne-Donetsk border checkpoint in batches and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will escort the humanitarian convoys after they are cleared by border guards and customs, Ukrainian State Fiscal Service head Anatoliy Makarenko reported.

"As agreed with the Red Cross mission, the cargo will arrive in the Izvaryne-Donetsk (Rostov region) international checkpoint in batches and will be transferred only to official representatives of the Red Cross, who will be accompanying it, and only after it passes border and customs control," Makarenko wrote on Facebook.

"We are expecting official representatives of the Red Cross tomorrow [on Monday] for conducting relevant customs procedures [inspection, cargo identification, processing and so on]," Makarenko added.