"Over 100 vehicles departed from the Donskoy rescue center of the Emergencies Ministry in the [Russian] Rostov region in the direction of the Russian-Ukrainian border. They are carrying about 1,200 tonnes [metric tons] of humanitarian cargo for residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions," a ministry spokesperson told RIA Novosti.
The aid includes food, medicine, firefighting equipment and books.
Ukraine’s southeast (Donbass) has been severely affected by Kiev’s special military operation, launched in Donetsk and Lugansk regions in April 2014. The operation was a response to local residents' refusal to recognize the new coup-installed government in the country.
Overall, Russia has delivered more than 60,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s southeast since August 2014.
