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The US said Russia will bear additional consequences for sending the aid across the border.
Several dozen Russian scientists will reach Guinea this week to set up a laboratory, deployed using KamAZ trucks at a campground.
Moscow has also sent eight Mi-8 helicopter gunships and four Su-25 jets to aid the ground drills.
The Russian convoy is carrying 2,000 tonnes of water, baby food and other aid for people in east Ukraine.
The Peace Mission 2014 will “aim at countering terrorism", said a Chinese military statement.
Russia on Friday let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy while it was still on Russian soil.
A top official of the ICRC would hold talks in Kiev and Moscow to help Russian aid reach Eastern Ukraine.
Brazilian exports to Russia rose 113 per cent to $181 million last month.
Human Rights Watch has called for a UN enquiry into the killings of hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators by security forces.
The UN says more than 1100 people have been killed since Kiev launched its crackdown against pro-Russia rebels.
