From our news desk:
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia plans to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to Ukraine.
Lavrov told a news conference on August 25 that Russia had informed Ukraine of its intention and hoped for swift and smooth cooperation from Kyiv.
Russia drew condemnation from Kyiv and the West when it sent a huge convoy of trucks into Ukraine last week without the government's consent or a Red Cross escort.
Lavrov said he hoped the second convoy will be cleared for entry much faster.
He said the "humanitarian crisis continues" in eastern Ukraine, where living conditions have deteriorated amid fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels, and that there is no time for delays.
Ukrainian officials had expressed concern the convoy that entered Ukraine last week could bring arms to the rebels or deliver Ukrainian defense-industry products back to Russia.
Lavrov said the trucks carried only aid and returned empty.
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