Background

A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid left on Tuesday 12 August 2014 from near Moscow for eastern Ukraine. The 1000 km journey to Ukraine's eastern regions will take a couple of days, probably to a border crossing point near Kharkiv. At the border the convoy shall be transfered to the International Committee of the Red Cross. [1]

A Russian government speaker and and a Ukranian presidential aide cited exclusively humanitarian intentions whereas U.S., French and Australian government speakers expressed concern that the deliveries might be a covert operation to help anti-government rebel fighters [1] or even could be the prelude to invasion [2]

Sources

[1] Ukraine says may block Russian aid convoy - Reuters, 12 August 2014

[2] Russian aid convoy heads for Ukraine amid doubts over lorries' contents - The Guardian, 12 August 2014