“Russia is sending a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the Red Cross, the Kremlin has announced.

Western leaders had previously warned Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, against using a humanitarian aid mission as a pretext for a military intervention in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. But Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the convoy would not include any armed personnel or soldiers.

“It is being sent under the aegis of the Red Cross and with the agreement of Kiev,” Peskov said, adding that the convoy would probably depart this week.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Alec Luhn / The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/russia-humanitarian-convoy-