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| Ukraine crisis: Russia 'to send new aid convoy' | Ukraine crisis: Russia 'to send new aid convoy' |
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| Russia plans to send another humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine "in the next few days", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. | Russia plans to send another humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine "in the next few days", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. |
| Mr Lavrov said the humanitarian situation there was "deteriorating". | Mr Lavrov said the humanitarian situation there was "deteriorating". |
| Ukraine did not authorise the first convoy, which returned to Russia at the weekend, fearing it carried military equipment for pro-Russia separatists. | Ukraine did not authorise the first convoy, which returned to Russia at the weekend, fearing it carried military equipment for pro-Russia separatists. |
| Ukrainian officials said a convoy of armoured vehicles crossed from Russia on Monday, sparking heavy clashes. | |
| "The Ukrainian border has been breached by a convoy of several dozen tanks and armoured vehicles," security spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told Agence France-Presse. | |
| "The convoy has been stopped by border guards... The battle is ongoing." | |
| More than 2,000 people have died in recent months in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and the separatists. Some 330,00 people have been displaced. | |
| The Russian and Ukrainian presidents are scheduled to meet in Minsk, Belarus, on Tuesday for talks on the crisis. | The Russian and Ukrainian presidents are scheduled to meet in Minsk, Belarus, on Tuesday for talks on the crisis. |
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| Mr Lavrov said he had sent a note to the Ukrainian foreign ministry on Sunday informing it of the new convoy. | Mr Lavrov said he had sent a note to the Ukrainian foreign ministry on Sunday informing it of the new convoy. |
| He told a news conference on Monday: "The humanitarian situation is not improving but deteriorating. | He told a news conference on Monday: "The humanitarian situation is not improving but deteriorating. |
| "We want to reach an agreement on all conditions for delivering a second convoy by the same route... in the coming days." | "We want to reach an agreement on all conditions for delivering a second convoy by the same route... in the coming days." |
| Ukrainian sources said a column of about 30 armoured vehicles had entered from Russia close to the city of Mariupol on Monday, bearing symbols of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic. | |
| When asked about a possible Russian incursion, Mr Lavrov said that "there is enough disinformation". | When asked about a possible Russian incursion, Mr Lavrov said that "there is enough disinformation". |
| Ukraine and Western powers have accused Russia of arming the rebels, charges Moscow has denied. | |
| There have been several reports of armoured vehicles crossing the border. | |
| Asked about Tuesday's presidential meeting, Mr Lavrov said: "We are ready... for any format as long as there is a result," adding that Russia wanted "to help Ukrainians agree among themselves". | |
| Mr Lavrov also commented on the parading of captured Ukrainian government soldiers by rebels through the centre of Donetsk on Sunday. | |
| Crowds lined the streets chanting "fascists" as the dishevelled-looking prisoners walked by. | |
| Mr Lavrov said this was "nowhere near mistreatment" and that Ukrainian fighters' actions often amounted to "war crimes". | |
| The violence erupted when pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions declared independence from Kiev, after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March. |