DONETSK (Russia), August 20 (RIA Novosti) - The first 16 trucks with Russian humanitarian aid to the population of violence-torn eastern Ukraine have started movement toward customs office at the Donetsk border crossing point, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Wednesday.
"The trucks will pass through a special customs scanner at the crossing, which is 100 meters away from their current location," the correspondent reported from the site.
The rest of the 280-truck convoy remains near the Russian town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky some 20 miles away.
In early August, amid the worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine, Russia proposed to send an international humanitarian mission to eastern Ukraine with Russian aid under the auspices of the ICRC.
A convoy carrying about 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid including baby food, medication, grain, sugar and other basic necessities set off from the Moscow Region on August 12 heading towards Ukraine's conflict areas.
