After Russian military vehicles escorting a convoy of trucks they claimed contained humanitarian aid crossed the border into Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed that artillery destroyed a “significant” part of the armored column, Reuters reports.
Several governments including the United States and France have expressed concern that the “humanitarian aid” mission was a cover for Russian military invasion. Russia has consistently denied arming pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s eastern region.
Meanwhile, as the fate of the convoy hangs in the balance, Ukrainians in the embattled rebel-held regions of Donetsk and Luhansk are living in a live warzone. As the trucks …read more
Source: Newsweek
