KIEV, 12 aug. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a note of protest to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the practice of sending humanitarian convoys to the territory of Donbass. The humanitarian convoy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation delivered 33 tons of medicines and medical equipment to Lugansk on Thursday, and 36 tons of humanitarian cargo to Donetsk. » protest in connection with the continuation by the Russian Federation of the illegal practice of sending so-called «humanitarian convoys» to the territory of Ukraine. On August 12, the Russian Federation once again ignored the previously expressed repeated warnings of Ukraine and without its official consent, in violation of the legislation of Ukraine, conditions and modalities of delivery humanitarian aid, illegally sent to the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions the 102nd so-called «humanitarian convoy» consisting of 7 trucks and escorted by 2 vehicles of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, «the website of the Foreign Ministry says. It is clarified that the movement took place through a section of the state border of Ukraine not controlled by the government of Ukraine, through the Russian border checkpoints «Donetsk» and «Matveyev Kurgan».
Lukashenko said that he would not support Kiev in an attempt to return Donbass by force. actions against the sovereignty of our state and unswervingly adhere to international law and the legislation of Ukraine, «the Foreign Ministry said. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed LPR and DPR, which declared independence after the coup d'etat in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is discussed in particular during the meetings of the Minsk contact group, which since September 2014 has already adopted three documents regulating steps to de-escalate the conflict. However, even after the armistice agreements between the parties to the conflict, shootings continue.
Kiev again ignored calls for an armistice in Donbass, LPR said
