The volunteers will not let humanitarian cargo reach militant-controlled territories in Donbas until captives are released, Samopomich (Self Reliance) party deputy, Donbas battalion commander Semen Semenchenko said.
“Humanitarian convoys will not be let pass to terrorists until prisoners are
released. The Donbas battalion will do so in the Luhansk region. We will
continue to help Kryvbas, Dnepr, Right Sector and Aidar in the Donetsk region,”
he wrote on Facebook on Dec. 16 evening.
The parliamentarian claimed that the volunteers had lately blocked the travel
of 40 humanitarian trucks. He did not say where that had happened. “We have just
said goodbye to 40 trucks. Mister oligarchs, power has changed hands. Is that
still unclear?” Semenchenko wondered.
Twenty-one humanitarian trucks of the Rinat Akhmetov fund routed to
militant-controlled territories in Donbas were due to pass through a checkpoint
on the administrative border between the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions near
the village of Iskra in the Donetsk region several hours ago. The checkpoint is
not subordinated to the army operation staff. It is manned by fighters of
volunteer battalions only.
The trucks were examined by specialists of the OSCE and the State Emergency
Service of Ukraine. They are carrying macaroni, flour, vegetable oil, cereals
and sugar.
