Witnesses say the first trucks from a Russian aid convoy crossed the border into Ukraine after Moscow said it was tired of waiting for Kyiv’s permission to move forward.
Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that all excuses for the delay have been “exhausted” and that the convoy was heading toward the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Luhansk, where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday it is not escorting the convoy because it has not received “sufficient security guarantees” from the “fighting parties.”
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Source: Voice of America
