EMERCOM of Russia started formation of the 68th automobile column with humanitarian aid for the Donbass on the territory of the Don Rescue Center in the Rostov region, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

"In the Don rescue center EMERCOM of Russia, where the formation of the next column began, from the Noginsk rescue center arrived cars with a cargo of humanitarian aid. They will be joined by cars from other regions, "the source said..

The output of the column in the Donbass is scheduled for August 24, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports..

"It will deliver food, basic necessities and textbooks for schoolchildren and students to the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions at the beginning of the school year. Since August 2014, 67 columns of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia have delivered to the population of the southeast of Ukraine about 70 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo, "the message says..