A convoy of nearly 300 trucks carrying what Russian officials say is humanitarian aid for civilians has halted along a road near the city of Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Reuters reported. Yelets is some 600 kilometers from the Izvaryne Ukrainian border crossing, where the aid could enter Ukraine.

The transport, which left the Moscow suburbs on Aug. 12, was organized by the Russian government without the Russian Red Cross and so far no agreement has been reached with Ukraine or the International Committee of the Red Cross that would allow it to enter Ukraine legally and be delivered to civilians in separatist controlled Luhansk.