Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: A thirty-eighth Russian convoy of 64 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
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SUMMARYOn 24 September 2015 at 07:10hrs (Moscow time), a Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 64 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 17:23hrs on 24 September.
DETAIL
Leaving the Russian Federation
On 24 September 2015 at 07:10hrs, the Observer Mission observed the arrival of a Russian convoy at the gate of the Donetsk BCP. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations team led the process of the convoy movement. The convoy consisted of 57 cargo trucks and 7 support vehicles. All cargo trucks displayed the Russian Federation national flag and bore the inscription ‘’Humanitarian help from the Russian Federation’’.
At 07:15hrs the vehicles entered the customs control area and lined up in three lines, the tailgates and tarpaulin of all the cargo trucks were opened and visually checked from the outside by Russian border guards and customs officers. Two service dogs were present on site and were used to check some of the cargo trucks from the outside. Ukrainian representatives – three border guards and two customs officers – were present during the check. They performed superficial visual observation of the opened trucks from the outside. By 08:00hrs all vehicles had left the BCP towards Ukraine.
Returning to the Russian Federation
At 16:33hrs on 24 September, the convoy arrived and lined up in four lines at the customs area. The tailgates and tarpaulin of the most of the trucks were opened and Russian border guards and customs officers visually checked the returning convoy from the outside. Ukrainian representatives – three border guards and two customs officers – performed superficial visual observation of the returning convoy from the outside. One service dog was present on site but was not used to check the vehicles. By 17:23hrs all 64 vehicles had returned and crossed back into the Russian Federation.
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