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UN to hold emergency meeting on Ukraine crisis
United Nations: The UN Security Council is to hold emergency consultations amid media reports of a major escalation in the Ukraine conflict.The emergency session, scheduled for Friday evening, was requested by Lithuania, Xinhua quoted the UN spokesperson’s office as saying.. …read more Source: India...
NATO chief condemns Russian aid convoy entry into Ukraine
Kiev: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday condemned the entry of a Russian humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without Kiev’s consent and without involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Rasmussen criticised the.. …read more Source: India...
4 government soldiers killed in eastern Ukraine fighting
At least four government soldiers have been killed and 23 wounded in fighting over the past day in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Friday. …read more Source:...
World › West condemns Russia over convoy to Ukraine
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated sharply on Friday as Moscow sent more than 130 trucks rolling across the border in what it said was a mission to deliver humanitarian aid. Ukraine called it a “direct invasion,” and the U.S. and NATO condemned it as well. In another ominous turn… …read more Source: Japan...
NATO Condemns Russia’s Action, Sees Build-Up of Forces Near Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned Russia on Friday for sending a “so-called humanitarian convoy” into Ukraine without the consent of Kiev and accused it of escalating the crisis. …read more Source:...
NATO says Russian convoy move ‘only deepens crisis’
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen sharply criticised the Russian decision to advance a “so-called” aid convoy into Ukraine as a “blatant breach” of international commitments that “only deepens the crisis”. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev, West slam Russia’s convoy ‘invasion’ in east Ukraine
The West on Friday (Aug 22) blasted Moscow for unilaterally sending a controversial aid convoy to east Ukraine’s rebel-held Lugansk in a move Kiev decried as an “invasion”. …read more Source: Channel...
On East Ukraine Front, Residents Make Home in Soviet-Era Bomb Shelter
For those living on the front line between pro-Russian separatists and government troops in eastern Ukraine, the difference between life and death is often making it to the bomb shelter before the doo… …read more Source:...
NATO Condemns Russia’s Action, Sees Build-Up of Forces Near Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen condemned Russia on Friday for sending a “so-called humanitarian convoy” into Ukraine without the consent of Kiev and accused it of escalating the crisis. …read more Source:...
Kiev says Russia has invaded as ‘aid’ trucks cross border
Ukraine declared yesterday that Russia had launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow – frustrated by delays – sent a convoy of 130 aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces. …read more Source: South China Morning...
