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Artillery fire kills two civilians in Donetsk
Two civilians were killed Saturday (Aug 23) apparently by artillery fire in Donetsk, the main separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine, an AFP reporter witnessed. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel, Obama warn of ‘dangerous escalation’ in Ukraine
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: Channel...
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 asks global community to condemn Russia’s ‘illegal actions’ after aid trucks enter
August 22, 2014 8:38 PMKIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Friday the entry of Russian aid trucks onto its territory was a “flagrant violation”of international law and it appealed to the international community to condemn Russia’s actions as illegal and aggressive. …read more Source: The Straits...
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...
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘invasion’ as aid trucks move in
August 22, 2014 6:59 PMIZVARYNE, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday 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: The Straits...
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...