The first batch of Chinese humanitarian aid reached Ukraine by plane on March 11. The
consignment, which includes 1,000 family kits containing daily supplies worth 5 million yuan
($800,000). The packs contain blankets, towels, cutlery, damp-proof mats, buckets, and torches,
and were sent from Beijing by the Red Cross Society of China. Ukraine's Red Cross Society
was to receive the consignment when the truck convoy containing the aid arrived in the western
Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi. A second batch of materials will leave the Chinese capital on
March 13.
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