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Anger in West as Russian aid convoy enters Ukraine
Aug23

Anger in West as Russian aid convoy enters Ukraine

The West has rebuked Russia for sending scores of trucks from a controversial aid convoy to east Ukraine’s rebel-held Luhansk in a move Kiev decried as an “invasion.” …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Russian convoy retreats amid condemnation of ‘dangerous escalation’
Aug23

Russian convoy retreats amid condemnation of ‘dangerous escalation’

The first trucks from Moscow’s controversial aid convoy to rebel-held parts of Ukraine have begun returning to Russia, monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe say.Paul Picard, the acting head of the mission observing the Russian border post known as Donetsk, said some of the vehicles had begun passing through...

Artillery fire ‘kills two civilians’ in Donetsk (AFP)
Aug23

Artillery fire ‘kills two civilians’ in Donetsk (AFP)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two civilians were killed Saturday apparently by artillery fire in Donetsk, the main separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine, an AFP reporter witnessed. …read more Source: The West...

Russian aid trucks lift Ukraine tensions
Aug23

Russian aid trucks lift Ukraine tensions

THE West has rebuked Russia for sending trucks from an aid convoy to east Ukraine’s rebel-held Luhansk in a move Kiev decried as an “invasion”. …read more Source: THE...

Kiev, West slam Russian aid convoy to east Ukraine (AFP)
Aug23

Kiev, West slam Russian aid convoy to east Ukraine (AFP)

Izvaryne (Ukraine) (AFP) – The West rebuked Russia for sending scores of trucks Friday from a controversial aid convoy to east Ukraine’s rebel-held Lugansk in a move Kiev decried as an “invasion.” …read more Source: The West...

No surrender: Ukraine rebels confident despite losses (AFP)
Aug23

No surrender: Ukraine rebels confident despite losses (AFP)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukrainian forces may be pummelling them daily and key leaders might have just quit but defiant pro-Russian rebels say any talk of them being on the back foot is just crude propaganda from Kiev. …read more Source: The West...

Russian trucks arrive at rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine
Aug22

Russian trucks arrive at rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine

Russian trucks have begun arriving in the rebel bastion of Luhansk, in Ukraine’s east, according to local officials, in what Kiev has called a “direct invasion”. …read more Source: ABC...

NATO says Russian convoy move ‘only deepens crisis’ (AFP)
Aug22

NATO says Russian convoy move ‘only deepens crisis’ (AFP)

Brussels (AFP) – NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen sharply criticised the Russian decision to advance a “so-called” aid convoy into Ukraine on Friday as a “blatant breach” of international commitments that “only deepens the crisis”. …read more Source: The West...

NATO says Russian convoy move ‘only deepens crisis’ (AFP)
Aug22

NATO says Russian convoy move ‘only deepens crisis’ (AFP)

Brussels (AFP) – NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen sharply criticised the Russian decision to advance a “so-called” aid convoy into Ukraine on Friday as a “blatant breach” of international commitments that “only deepens the crisis”. …read more Source: The West...

Kiev, West slam Russia’s convoy ‘invasion’ in east Ukraine (AFP)
Aug22

Kiev, West slam Russia’s convoy ‘invasion’ in east Ukraine (AFP)

Izvaryne (Ukraine) (AFP) – The West on Friday 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: The West...