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All Russian aid trucks return from Ukraine: OSCE
All of the trucks in Moscow’s controversial aid shipment to rebel-held parts of Ukraine returned to Russia today, OSCE monitors said. …read more Source: The Times of...
Blasts hit Ukraine football stadium
Two powerful explosions on Saturday (Aug 23) hit Donbass Arena, home to Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk. The club said there were no casualties among staff. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel presses Russia to engage on peace plan with Ukraine
August 23, 2014 8:40 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on her first visit to Ukraine since the crisis there erupted early this year, pressed Moscow to engage on a peace plan with Kiev, saying success was not possible if only one side was interested in a diplomatic solution. …read more Source: The Straits...
Trucks From Aid Convoy to Ukraine Start Crossing Back into Russia
Trucks from a Russian aid convoy started crossing back into Russia on Saturday after unleashing a storm of anger in Western capitals a day earlier by driving into Ukraine without the permission of the… …read more Source:...
Russia, in Sanctions Retaliation, Bars Some Japanese Citizens
A tourist boat passes the Kremlin buildings as it sails along the Moskva river in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 18, 2014. (Bloomberg Photo/Andrey Rudakov) Moscow. Russia on Friday banned several Japanese citizens from entering the country, expanding retaliatory measures against countries which have imposed sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine....
First trucks from aid convoy to Ukraine cross back into Russia
The first trucks from a Russian aid convoy started crossing back into Russia on Saturday after igniting a storm of anger in Western capitals a day earlier by driving into Ukraine without the permission of the government in Kiev. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Merkel jets into Kiev as tensions soar over Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Saturday (Aug 23) in Kiev for crucial talks with Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership on how to end the bloodshed in the east of the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia convoy returns as Merkel holds crisis talks in Kiev
August 23, 2014 7:59 PMKIEV (AFP) – Russia’s controversial aid convoy to war-torn eastern Ukraine returned across the border on Saturday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel held crisis talks in Kiev with the country’s pro-Western leaders. …read more Source: The Straits...
U.S. says Russia must pull convoy from Ukraine or face more sanctions
The United States on Friday demanded Moscow remove an aid convoy it has sent into rebel-held eastern Ukraine without permission, accusing Russia of a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of its former Soviet neighbor and threatening more sanctions. Moscow, which has thousands of troops close to the Russian side of the border, warned against any...
First aid lorries returning from Ukraine to Russia: OSCE
The first lorries from Moscow’s controversial aid convoy to rebel-held parts of Ukraine began returning to Russia on Saturday (Aug 23), OSCE monitors said. …read more Source: Channel...
