MOSCOW, November 25 (Sputnik) — Russia plans to send another humanitarian aid convoy to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine on Sunday, Russian Deputy Emergencies Minister Vladimir Stepanov said Tuesday.
"We have already notified the Red Cross and all necessary structures, meaning that the Ukrainian side will be informed," he noted.
The convoy is expected to arrive in Russia's Rostov region late Friday and is set to be inspected by customs officials on Saturday. More than 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid will be sent on over 100 trucks, Stepanov said.
The aid will be delivered to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Stepanov said, adding that Russia's aid to residents of the regions mired if conflict will continue.
Since August, Russia has sent seven aid convoys to eastern Ukraine, which has been suffering from a humanitarian crisis since Kiev launched a military operation against the region's independence supporters in April.
