Aid convoys were sent to three secluded Syrian towns where reports of people dying from starvation and malnutrition surfaced.
In a worrying new development, several dozen trucks from a Russian aid convoy have entered Ukraine without their Red Cross observers and despite the fact that Ukrainian authorities have not checked all of the trucks for contraband.
As the Ukrainian military continues to consolidate its control over eastern Ukraine, an aid convoy sent from Moscow is being checked for contraband by Ukrainian border guards.
