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Nato says Russia artillery firing at Ukraine army
The Russian military has moved artillery units manned by Russian personnel inside Ukrainian territory in recent days and is using them to fire at Ukrainian forces, Nato officials said on Friday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Merkel, Obama warn of ‘dangerous escalation’ in Ukraine
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Friday that Russia was triggering a “dangerous escalation” of the conflict in Ukraine due to its military presence and shelling there. …read more Source: New Straits...
US warns Russia over forcing convoy into Ukraine
Washington: The White House warned Russia on Friday that sending an aid convoy into eastern Ukraine without Kiev’s approval would incur “additional consequences,” while Russia insisted that further delay of Moscow’s humanitarian mission would have been ".. …read more Source: India...
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 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...
