This report is for media and the general public. (OSCE)
SUMMARY
On 12 September 2014 starting at 22:20 (Moscow time) and throughout the night, a Russian convoy of 220 vehicles, including 193 cargo trucks, entered the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP) and crossed into Ukraine in six groups. By 13 September at 07:45, all the vehicles had crossed into Ukraine. According to the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations (MES), the convoy is carrying only food products and heading to Luhansk.
The first group of 40 trucks were quickly checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. The 180 other vehicles were not inspected. All vehicles crossed into Ukraine without being inspected by Ukrainian border guard and customs officers or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
DETAIL
On 12 September 2014 at 22:10 (Moscow time), the Observer Mission (OM) observed the arrival of vehicles belonging to a second Russian humanitarian aid convoy.
At 22:10, two cars arrived at the BCP. One of the passengers introduced himself to the Observer Team (OT) as an official of the MES of the Russian Federation (RF). He explained that soon a humanitarian aid convoy consisting of 200 vehicles loaded with food products but without medicines, would arrive at the BCP. The MES official added that the vehicles would undergo a control by the RF customs and the border guard services. According to him, the process would not involve Ukrainian customs and border guard officers who are still present in the vicinity of Donetsk BCP. He also stated that the convoy was due to cross the border on 13 September at around 06:00 hrs.
The convoy entered the BCP compound in groups as detailed below:
At 22:20, a first group of 40 white coloured trailer trucks accompanied by one workshop truck, one tow truck and one spare truck tractor entered the BCP. By 23:30, Russian border guard and custom checks were completed and all vehicles were parked in the buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian BCPs (outside of OSCE sight).
At 03:50, a second group of 34 cargo trucks accompanied by one workshop truck, one tow truck and one spare truck tractor entered the BCP. The second group of vehicles joined the first group parked in the buffer zone between Russian and Ukrainian BCPs (outside of OSCE OM’s sight).
At 04:50, a third group of 25 cargo trucks accompanied by five fuel trucks, one ambulance, two workshop trucks, one tow truck, and one spare truck tractor entered the BCP and joined the other two groups.
At 06:00, the fourth group of 30 cargo trucks accompanied by one spare tractor, one ambulance and one tow truck entered the BCP and joined the rest of the convoy.
At 06:45, the fifth group of 33 cargo trucks accompanied by one spare truck tractor and one workshop truck entered the BCP and joined the rest of the convoy.
At 07:00, the sixth and final group of 31 cargo trucks accompanied by one ambulance, two spare trucks tractor, two workshop trucks and one tow truck entered the BCP.
By 07:45, all vehicles of the convoy had crossed the checkpoint and exited into Ukraine.
The movement of the first groups into Ukraine must have started earlier because of the lack of space in the aforementioned buffer zone. Since this area was out of sight, the OM cannot confirm the exact time of departure of the convoy.
Only the cargo trucks of first group were inspected by Russian authorities as mentioned above. The cargo trucks of groups two to six had their trailer doors open upon arrival but were not inspected at all by the Russian border guard and customs services. Most of the trucks were marked with a Russian flag.
Total number of vehicles which crossed into Ukraine: 220 (193 cargo trucks and 27 support vehicles).
http://www.osce.org/om/123527?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=oscelatestnews
13/9/14
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- Ukraine rejected Russia’s offer to jointly control humanitarian convoy. Ukrainian customs officers and border guards were standing nearby watching the Russian side inspecting....
ROSTOV-ON-DON, September 13. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow suggested to Ukrainian border guards and customs officers jointly controlling the second convoy with humanitarian aid for east Ukrainian residents, but they refused to, a Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman said Saturday.
“We repeatedly suggested that Ukrainian border guards and customs officers take part in inspections of a humanitarian convoy that was passing through border and customs control at the Donetsk border-crossing point, but the Ukrainian side rejected the offer,” Nikolai Sinitsyn, a spokesman for the FSB’s border department in the southern Russian Rostov Region, told Itar-Tass.
Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council said Saturday Ukrainian border officials were not allowed to inspect the second batch of Russia's humanitarian cargo.
Sinitsyn said Ukrainian customs officers and border guards were standing nearby watching the Russian side inspecting the trucks with aid.
“It’s necessary to note that no one hindered the work of the Ukrainian side. Representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe were also working at the checkpoint,” he said......................http://www.ellanodikis.net/2014/09/ukraine-rejected-russias-offer-to.html
13/9/14
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- Russian Aid Convoy Not Inspected by Ukraine Border Guards (OSCE) / Russia Says Ukraine Border Guards Refused to Inspect Aid Convoy....
MOSCOW,
September 13 (RIA Novosti) – An observer team from the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said in a report Saturday the
second Russian humanitarian aid convoy that crossed into eastern
Ukraine late Friday was not inspected by Ukrainian border guards.
"The first group of 40 trucks were quickly checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. The 180 other vehicles were not inspected. All vehicles crossed into Ukraine without being inspected by Ukrainian border guard and customs officers or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)," the OSCE claimed.........http://www.ellanodikis.net/2014/09/russian-aid-convoy-not-inspected-by.html
"The first group of 40 trucks were quickly checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. The 180 other vehicles were not inspected. All vehicles crossed into Ukraine without being inspected by Ukrainian border guard and customs officers or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)," the OSCE claimed.........http://www.ellanodikis.net/2014/09/russian-aid-convoy-not-inspected-by.html
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La partie russe n'a pas empêché les agents des douanes ukrainiennes et les gardes-frontières d’effectuer l’inspection du deuxième convoi de l'aide humanitaire destinée à l'Est de l'Ukraine...
ReplyDeleteCependant, la partie ukrainienne a renoncé à un contrôle, a déclaré un représentant du Service des gardes-frontières du FSB de la Russie.
Précédemment, le Conseil de sécurité nationale et de défense de l'Ukraine a déclaré que les employés des douanes ukrainiennes et les gardes-frontières n'avaient pas été autorisés par la partie russe à inspecter la cargaison de deuxième partie de l'aide humanitaire.
Le Russie a envoyé le premier convoi humanitaire au Sud-est de l'Ukraine le 22 août. La deuxième colonne a livré à la région de Lougansk ce samedi des céréales, du sucre et des conserves.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_09_13/Les-douanes-ukrainiennes-elles-memes-ont-renonce-a-inspecter-le-convoi-humanitaire-8385/
13/9/14
S T A T E M E N T by the Spokesperson on the second Russian "humanitarian convoy" dispatched to Eastern Ukraine....
ReplyDelete"Over the weekend, a second Russian humanitarian consignment has entered and left Ukrainian territory, without the consent of or inspection by the Ukrainian authorities.
Fundamental international humanitarian law principles have not been observed. This way of
proceeding was therefore illegal, in breach of Ukrainian territorial integrity and sovereignty."
[EU External relations and foreign affairs]
http://eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2014/140915_02_en.pdf
15/9/14
Russia is ready to send another batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn eastern Ukraine by the end of the week, Russia's deputy emergencies minister said Wednesday.....
ReplyDelete"We are ready to continue this [relief] effort. By the end of the week we will be able to continue the effort if certain decisions are made," Vladimir Stepanov said.
The first convoy of 280 trucks carrying Russian humanitarian aid was sent to eastern Ukraine in August, entering the country through a checkpoint controlled by independence forces after being stranded at the border for more than a week.
In early September, the participants of trilateral talks on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis agreed in Minsk to organize two more humanitarian convoys from Russia to eastern Ukraine. According to Russia's Ukraine Ambassador Mikhail Zurabov the first batch was to be sent by road and the second one by rail.
The second delivery was carried out last week. Starting Friday and throughout the night into Saturday a convoy of 220 white trucks brought some 1,800 tons of food, medicine, water purification equipment and power generators to the Luhansk Region, which had been on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe for weeks.
On September 13, the first deputy prime minister of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic told RIA Novosti that the second batch of humanitarian aid had come in "just in time," as the region's stock of food was running dangerously low. Valery Potapov also said that the replenished stocks were expected to last them about 20 days..............http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140917/193014904/Russia-Ready-to-Send-Aid-to-East-Ukraine-by-Weekend-Emergencies.html
17/9/14