Section: Africa&ME
Donetsk under fire as Ukraine toll ‘doubles’
As the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine worsens, Kiev sets conditions on allowing Russian convoy across border. …read more Source: AL...
12 pro-government Ukraine militiamen killed
DONETSK, Ukraine — At least 12 militiamen fighting alongside government troops against pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have been killed in an ambush, a spokesman for their radical nationalist movement said on Wednesday. Artem Skoropatsky said the fighters with the Right Sector volunteer battalion were shot dead while travel...
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:...
Ukraine vows to block Russian ‘aid’ convoy
Kiev fears convoy could be a “Trojan horse” bringing military assistance to pro-Moscow rebels fighting in the east. …read more Source: AL...
Nationalist fighters killed in Ukraine
Pro-Russia separatists ambush bus carrying members of the Right Sector group in eastern city of Donetsk, killing 12. …read more Source: AL...
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:...
Ukraine: Russian aid can enter with Red Cross OK
MOSCOW — A convoy of more than 260 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid rumbled toward the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, but Kiev said the goods would only be allowed in if they were inspected by the international Red Cross. The tug-of-war over humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s rebel-held eastern regions reflected dee...
Ukraine sets terms for Russian aid as convoy heads to border
Authorities in Kiev said they would stop the Russian lorries at the border …read more Source: Gulf...
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:...
