KIEV, September 13 (RIA Novosti) – Around 100 trucks of Russia’s second convoy carrying humanitarian aid arrived in Ukraine’s eastern city of Luhansk on Saturday morning, according to RIA Novosti reporter.
The Russian trucks are being unloaded, the reporter said.
The rest of the Russian convoy is expected to arrive in the city later on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, Russian customs officers confirmed that the customs procedures for all Russian trucks with aid for Ukraine were completed.
The convoy includes 200 trucks that are carrying canned food, sugar, flour and other aid of a total weight of 1,880 thousand tons.
The first convoy of 280 trucks carrying about 2,000 tons of Russian humanitarian aid was sent to eastern Ukraine in late August and entered the country through a checkpoint controlled by independence forces after spending more than a week waiting at the border.
Residents of the conflict-ravaged Luhansk, who had been living for several weeks on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, greeted the aid delivery.
On September 5, a ceasefire agreement was reached during talks in Minsk between Ukrainian government representatives and eastern Ukraine self-proclaimed states leaders. The participants of the Minsk talks agreed to organize more humanitarian convoys from Russia to eastern Ukraine.
