Russia to send new aid convoy to Ukraine-----Lavrov

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Russia plans to send another humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine "in the next few days", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
Mr Lavrov said the humanitarian situation there was "deteriorating"
Ukraine did not authorise the first convoy, which returned to Russia at the weekend, fearing it carried military equipment for pro-Russia separatists.
According to BBC news, Ukrainian officials said a column of armoured vehicles crossed from Russia on Monday, sparking heavy clashes.
The crossing was reported close to the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
"The Ukrainian border has been breached by a convoy of several dozen tanks and armoured vehicles," security spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told Agence France-Presse.
"The convoy has been stopped by border guards... The battle is ongoing."
More than 2,000 people have died in recent months in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and the separatists. Some 330,00 people have been displaced.
The Russian and Ukrainian presidents are scheduled to meet in Minsk, Belarus, on Tuesday for talks on the crisis.
'Armoured column'
Mr Lavrov said he had sent a note to the Ukrainian foreign ministry on Sunday informing it of the new convoy.
He told a news conference on Monday: "The humanitarian situation is not improving but deteriorating.

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