Appears critique of the Russian move has hit home as this was released this evening by RIA for the reasons they raced the aid to the separatists.

An interesting statement to say the least and designed to blunt any coming EU/NATO/US sanctions and political moves.

Notice they keep using the term international humanitarian norms but not defines just what those intl laws are---again goes back to they massive need to have everything "legal".

MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia insists that its decision to speed up humanitarian cargo delivery to eastern Ukraine without waiting for Kiev’s formal approval was morally right and fully in line with the international norms, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.

“We act fully in line with norms of the international humanitarian law,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in a statement.

“We cannot and will not tolerate the plight of people living in protesting South-Eastern Ukraine,” the deputy foreign minister added.

“We are sure that we did the right thing. And we accuse Kiev and its backers of repeatedly putting their political interests, which are anti-Russian in essence, above the basic human values of kindness and compassion,” Ryabkov continued.