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Russian aid convoy resumes travel toward Ukraine
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:...
First MH17 crash report ‘in weeks’
Dutch air crash investigators say they expect to release an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives “in a few weeks”. …read more Source:...
