ICRC urges quick Ukraine-Russia accord on aid convoy


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Aug 2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday urged Russia and a wary Ukraine to agree quickly on getting supplies from a Russian aid convoy across the border to civilians in conflict areas of eastern Ukraine.

ICRC official Laurent Corbaz, currently in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, said the ICRC would itself deliver the aid to people and health centres in the region, scene of fighting between Ukrainian forces and breakaway pro-Russian rebels.

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