Russian plane delivers relief aid to Lvov

LVOV, Western Ukraine, August 2 (Itar-Tass) - The IL-76 plane of the
Russian Emergencies Ministry arrived in Lvov on Friday, delivering 40 tons of relief aid for people in Ukraine's six flood-stricken western regions.

The cargo includes food and drinking water, Yevgeny Guzeyev, Russia's
general consul in Lvov, told Itar-Tass. Local officials and
representatives of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry waited for the
Russian plane at the airfield.

The second Russian plane is expected to arrive in Lvov on Saturday,
August 2.
Thirty-five countries and international organizations have already
offered aid to Ukraine's western regions. On Friday, the Ukrainian Foreign
Ministry announced a list of items, which Ukraine needs urgently to render
humanitarian and technical assistance to the flood-stricken areas. They
include heavy engineering vehicles, small machines, sanitary and other
equipment as well as bulldozers, concrete delivery trucks, cranes, buses,
trucks, dump trucks, fire-fighting equipment, building materials,
fuel-powered saws, motor pumps and diesel electric generators.
Russia was the first to deliver humanitarian aid on Friday. On August
4, a convoy of 24 trucks is expected to deliver 105 tons of humanitarian
cargo to the Ivano-Frankovsk region, which was worst, hit by the
devastating flooding. The cargo includes mini electric power stations,
welding machines, fuel-powered saws, tents, tableware, motor pumps and
blankets.
The Ukrainian government will gather for an emergency meeting on
Saturday to discuss the facilitation of border crossing procedures for
vehicles carrying relief cargoes, Ivan Gnatishin, Ukraine's acting foreign
minister, said on Friday.