Section: South China Morning Post (China)
Rebels deny responsibility for shelling of Ukraine refugee convoy
Rocket fire hit a convoy of buses carrying refugees from the east Ukrainian city of Luhansk on Monday killing an unknown number of people, Ukraine’s military and rebels said, blaming each other for the strike. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Separatists shoot down Ukrainian warplane as fighting intensifies in Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian warplane in eastern Ukraine early yesterday while at least 10 civilians were killed in fighting involving artillery and mortars in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, local authorities said. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukraine says it has attacked a Russian military unit that ventured on to its soil
The white trucks of humanitarian aid rumbled through Russia in a convoy stretching for kilometres, moving southwards on the M4 highway, amid fertile fields and Lada cars stopped at the roadside with trunks overflowing with watermelons for sale. …read more Source: South China Morning...
EU has ‘shot itself in foot’ with Russia sanctions, says Hungarian PM Viktor Orban
The European Union has harmed itself economically with the sanctions it has imposed on Russia over Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, calling for a rethink. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Mysterious Russian aid convoy stops near Ukraine border as military moves ahead
The white trucks of humanitarian aid rumbled through Russia in a convoy stretching for kilometres, moving southwards on the M4 highway, amid fertile fields and Lada cars stopped at the roadside with trunks overflowing with watermelons for sale. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukrainian officials inspect aid convoy as Russia masses armour near border
Dozens of heavy Russian military vehicles massed on Friday near the border with Ukraine, while Ukrainian border guards crossed the frontier to inspect a huge Russian aid convoy. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shelling kills 1 in Donetsk as Russian aid convoy heads to Ukraine border
A large Russian aid convoy resumed its journey towards Ukraine yesterday, taking a road leading directly to a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Russian aid convey resumes journey to rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine
A large Russian aid convoy resumed its journey towards Ukraine yesterday, taking a road leading directly to a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shells hit central Donetsk as Russian aid convoy heads towards border
Artillery shells hit close to the centre of Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk for the first time on Thursday, killing at least one person, as a large Russian aid convoy rumbled towards the border. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Daily death toll rises in eastern Ukraine conflict
The estimated death toll in the Ukraine conflict nearly doubled to at least 2,086 as of August 10 from 1,129 on July 26, the United Nations human rights office said yesterday. …read more Source: South China Morning...
