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    Putin tones down Ukraine rhetoric
    Aug15

    Putin tones down Ukraine rhetoric

    Friday, August 15 , 2014 - 11:34 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Vladimir Putin travelled has struck a conciliatory note and called for peace in the Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Russian aid convoy resumes travel toward Ukraine
    Aug14

    Russian aid convoy resumes travel toward Ukraine

    Thursday, August 14 , 2014 - 19:32 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    A large Russian aid convoy has resumed its journey toward Ukraine, taking a road leading directly toward a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region. …read more Source:...

    ‘Heavy shelling’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk
    Aug14

    ‘Heavy shelling’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk

    Thursday, August 14 , 2014 - 15:28 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Pro-Russian separatists say heavy shelling has hit several neighbourhoods around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine where government forces are trying to tighten their grip. …read more Source:...

    UN: Ukraine death toll doubles in two weeks
    Aug13

    UN: Ukraine death toll doubles in two weeks

    Wednesday, August 13 , 2014 - 21:41 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    The number of people killed in conflict-hit in eastern Ukraine has nearly doubled in two weeks to 2 086, including at least 20 children, the UN human rights agency says. …read more Source:...

    US urges border check for Russia aid convoy
    Aug13

    US urges border check for Russia aid convoy

    Wednesday, August 13 , 2014 - 2:45 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    The United States has backed Ukraine’s demand for a Russian convoy to go through border checks to clear up concerns that Moscow is seeking to support rebels. …read more Source:...

    France warns over Russian aid convoy
    Aug12

    France warns over Russian aid convoy

    Tuesday, August 12 , 2014 - 17:33 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    France has warned that any Russian aid convoy bound for Ukraine could be a pretext for a covert operation and stressed that Ukraine and the Red Cross must first give the green light to the mission. …read more Source:...

    Russia, Belarus talk about banned Western food
    Aug12

    Russia, Belarus talk about banned Western food

    Tuesday, August 12 , 2014 - 17:33 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Moscow has sent officials to Belarus, which has a free trade zone with Russia, after it said it would not become a conduit for banned Western food products. …read more Source:...

    Russia sends 280 aid trucks to Ukraine
    Aug12

    Russia sends 280 aid trucks to Ukraine

    Tuesday, August 12 , 2014 - 12:51 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine has set off, amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine agrees to Red Cross-led aid mission
    Aug11

    Ukraine agrees to Red Cross-led aid mission

    Monday, August 11 , 2014 - 23:42 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation with Russia and the European Union into the rebel-held city of Luhansk. …read more Source:...

    Russia to send humanitarian convoy into Ukraine
    Aug11

    Russia to send humanitarian convoy into Ukraine

    Monday, August 11 , 2014 - 22:24 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Russia will send a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the International Red Cross, the Kremlin has said, despite strong opposition from Ukraine and the West. …read more Source:...