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In photos: Malaysia's day of mourning for MH17 victims
Aug22

In photos: Malaysia's day of mourning for MH17 victims

Remains of 20 of the 43 Malaysians killed in the deadly plane crash over eastern Ukraine return home …read more Source: The Globe and...

Russian Convoy Crosses Ukraine Border Despite Kiev’s Protests
Aug22

Russian Convoy Crosses Ukraine Border Despite Kiev’s Protests

The white trucks, which Moscow says are carrying only humanitarian aid, have been held up at the border for more than a week over fears they could be a ruse to resupply separatists.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Russian aid trucks roll across border in ‘direct invasion,’ says Ukraine
Aug22

Russian aid trucks roll across border in ‘direct invasion,’ says Ukraine

The move sharply raised the stakes in eastern Ukraine, for any attack on the convoy could draw the Russian military directly into the conflict. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border
Aug22

Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border

Ukraine declared on Friday that Russia had launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Ukraine: Russian aid convoy is a ‘direct invasion’
Aug22

Ukraine: Russian aid convoy is a ‘direct invasion’

Russia sends aid trucks into Ukraine without Kyiv’s OK; Ukraine calls move a ‘direct invasion’ …read more Source:...

Ukraine calls Russian aid convoy ‘direct invasion’
Aug22

Ukraine calls Russian aid convoy ‘direct invasion’

Ukrainian authorities said on Friday that 90 trucks from a Russian aid convoy had crossed into Ukraine without permission and Ukraine’s state security chief said this amounted to a “direct invasion” by Russia. …read more Source:...

Russia sends aid trucks into Ukraine without Kyiv’s approval
Aug22

Russia sends aid trucks into Ukraine without Kyiv’s approval

Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kyiv’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion.” …read more Source: CTV...

First trucks in Russian aid convoy driven across border into eastern Ukraine
Aug22

First trucks in Russian aid convoy driven across border into eastern Ukraine

IZVARYNE, Ukraine — Russia unilaterally sent an aid mission into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday, saying its patience had worn out after a week of delays it blamed on the Ukrainian government. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which had planned to escort the convoy to assuage fears that it was being used as a cover for an...

Remains of Flight 17 victims return to mourning Malaysia
Aug22

Remains of Flight 17 victims return to mourning Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Carried by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins carrying Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home Friday to a country still searching for those onboard another doomed jet and a government battling the political fallout of the twin tragedies. The bodies and ashes of 20 victims from the Malaysia Airlines...

MH17: Malaysian victims’ remains come home on national day of mourning
Aug22

MH17: Malaysian victims’ remains come home on national day of mourning

All 298 people onboard the Malaysia Airlines flight died when the jet was shot down over an area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists on a flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur …read more Source: The Globe and...