A mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has sent 14 humanitarian trucks to the areas of the Donetsk region uncontrolled by Kyiv, the State Border Service of Ukraine said in a statement on Thursday.

"Fourteen trucks carrying humanitarian cargo crossed the Novotroitske checkpoint for the uncontrolled territory yesterday. The ICRC mission provided hygiene and food-care packages and office supplies with a total weight of 273 tonnes," the statement said.