Russia offers humanitarian aid to East Ukraine
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it was ready to dispatch humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s turbulent eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, adding it hoped Kiev would take steps to guarantee its delivery, RIA Novosti reported.
“The Russian side is ready to provide to the mentioned regions [in Eastern Ukraine] the required assistance, and regarding this situation it was proposed to the Ukrainian side to take the necessary measures soon to ensure the prompt delivery of the Russian humanitarian aid to the conflict-hit regions,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website.
The statement said that Russia had notified the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday of Moscow’s receipt of requests for humanitarian aid from organizations and citizens in the conflict zones.
On Tuesday, Donetsk People’s Governor Denis Pushilin released an online video message asking Russia to provide the besieged region with "any possible help," following a spike in hostilities around its capital city Donetsk.