The Russian officials have been consistently stressing that the convoys aim to bring food, medicine and other essentials to the residents of the militant-controlled areas of the Ukrainian Donbas, Ukraine Today reports.

Meanwhile, it remains unclear, what the contents of the trucks’ load are as no inspections by Ukrainian border guards or members of the international organizations have been allowed by Moscow.

According to the Ukrainian authorities, the trucks are widely used to bring additional military supplies to the terrorists in the area.

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