Amid the uncertainty, there was no clear statement from Russia about where the trucks were headed, and rumors began to fly that they would bypass the original point of entry, the Shebekino crossing, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, and head farther south to an area closer to Luhansk, where Russia and the separatist fighters it supports exert more control.
The dispute over the convoy comes as Kiev is bearing down militarily on the separatist rebels – one of whose leaders, Igor Strelkov, was badly wounded Wednesday, Russian news media reported – forcing many of them to retreat into the region’s two major cities, …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
