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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...
UN Security Council to meet over Russia aid convoy
The UN Security Council is to hold emergency consultations on Friday (Aug 22) after Russia sent an aid convoy rolling into eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels are fighting Kiev’s forces. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘invasion’ as aid trucks move in
Ukraine on Friday (Aug 22) accused Moscow of invading after Russia unilaterally sent the first part of its mammoth aid convoy into east Ukraine, warning against any attacks on the trucks. …read more Source: Channel...
Tired of waiting, Russia pushes aid into Ukraine
The first 10 trucks of a massive and disputed Russian humanitarian aid convoy crossed the Ukrainian border on Friday (Aug 22) and reached a customs point just inside the war-torn country, an AFP correspondent reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine president pledges to talk peace with Putin
Ukraine’s president said he will “talk peace” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by demanding the withdrawal of pro-Kremlin militants from the war-torn east when they meet next week for the first time in months. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s economy minister announces resignation
Ukraine’s economy minister announced his resignation on Thursday (Aug 21) following conflicts within the government on how to turn around the dire national economic situation. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev says Russian army vehicles seized in east
Ukraine said on Thursday (Aug 21) it had captured two armoured vehicles belonging to the Russian military as it pushed on with a brutal offensive to snap the back of the pro-Moscow rebellion in the war-torn east. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian warplane shot down over rebel-held territory
A Ukrainian warplane was blown out of the sky over rebel-held territory on Wednesday (Aug 20) as fierce clashes between government troops and pro-Russian insurgents left dozens of civilians dead. …read more Source: Channel...
Dozens killed in Ukraine as army fights to shatter rebels
Fierce fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left dozens of civilians dead on Wednesday (Aug 20) as Ukrainian troops pushed on with a bloody offensive to break the insurgency in the east of the country. …read more Source: Channel...
