Russian television has broadcast pictures showing humanitarian aid being unloaded in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.<br /><br />Kyiv has accused Moscow of launching a “direct invasion” of its territory by sending a convoy of trucks across the border without permission.<br /><br />It had feared the lorries might contain equipment for pro-Russian rebels.<br /><br />But as the convoy crossed into Ukraine earlier on Friday it seemed an unlikely military invasion – though it has been described as a PR coup for President Putin. <br /><br />Earlier this week journalists looked inside the lorries and saw baby food and cereals. <br /><br />The Red Cross did not accompany the convoy, saying it had not been given enough security guarantees.<br /><br />Luhansk has suffered fierce fighting for many weeks and residents have been without running water and electricity for 20 days. <br /><br />Moscow, which has thousands of troops along the Ukrainian border, had warned against any attempt to disrupt the delivery.<br /><br />A Ukrainian security chief said its forces would not attack the lorries, saying they’d been allowed in to avoid “provocation”.
