Section: France 24 (France)
Ukraine troops recapture key building in rebel stronghold
Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: France...
Rebels down Ukrainian warplane as military equipment ‘arrives from Russia’
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian warplane in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, a military spokesman said, as Moscow denied rebel claims that it had sent military equipment across the border. …read more Source: France...
Russian aid convoy still blocked near Ukrainian border
Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy waited Saturday near the Ukrainian border as complicated procedures dragged on for allowing them into eastern Ukraine to help civilians suffering amid fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine destroys Russian army vehicles that crossed border
Ukraine’s military has “eliminated” several armoured vehicles that crossed the border from Russia, Kiev said Friday. The statement came soon after NATO said that Russian forces had illegally entered Ukraine late Thursday, a claim Russia denies. …read more Source: France...
Russian military vehicles amass near aid convoy on Ukraine border
Dozens of heavy Russian military vehicles have joined an aid convoy stationed near the Ukrainian border and are poised to cross into rebel-held territory, reporters at the scene said Friday. …read more Source: France...
Russia bans Ukrainian beer imports over ‘calorie counts’
Russia on Wednesday banned all imports of Ukrainian alcohol products over alleged inaccuracies in the nutrition information on their labels, saying their calorie counts and alcohol content did not add up. …read more Source: France...
Heavy shelling hits centre of rebel-held Donetsk
The centre of Ukraine’s rebel-held bastion of Donetsk was hit by heavy shelling for the first time since fighting began between government forces and pro-Russia separatists, witnesses and reporters at the scene said. …read more Source: France...
Russian aid convoy resumes journey toward Ukraine
A convoy carrying aid from Russia resumed its journey toward Ukraine Thursday after earlier halting at the southern Russian city of Voronezh and despite an ongoing dispute with Kiev over how and where the convoy’s cargo will be delivered. …read more Source: France...
Russian aid convoy halts before crossing Ukrainian border
Hundreds of Russian aid trucks bound for rebel-held east Ukraine halted in the southern Russian city of Voronezh on Wednesday after Kiev said they would not be allowed to cross the border before being vetted by the Red Cross. …read more Source: France...
Russia sends aid convoy to Ukraine amid invasion fears
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine departed from Moscow on Tuesday despite Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion. …read more Source: France...
