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Russian aid convoy drives into Ukraine
IZVARYNE, Ukraine (AP) — An Associated Press reporter has seen the first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossing into eastern Ukraine after more than a week’s delay amid suspicions the mission was being used as a cover for an invasion by Moscow. Trucks loaded with water, generators and sleeping … …read more Source: The...
Stock markets slip as Russian convoy enters Ukraine
Global equity markets reacted to news that tensions between Russia and Ukraine had flared up once again. …read more Source:...
Interview: Economist Says Food Ban ‘Certainly Against Russian Economic Interests’
Sergei Guriyev, former dean of the prestigious New Economics School in Moscow who left Russia in 2013 amid a crackdown on critics of the Kremlin, discusses Russia’s ban on Western food imports and the dangers protectionist policies pose for the country’s economic growth. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia sends 34 trucks from aid convoy into Ukraine
A Russian aid convoy that had been stalled at the border for days was finally moving into disputed eastern Ukraine, headed for the city of Luhansk, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. …read more Source:...
Russian Aid Convoy Crosses Into Ukraine
Witnesses say the first trucks from a Russian aid convoy crossed the border into Ukraine after Moscow said it was tired of waiting for Kyiv’s permission to move forward. Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that all excuses for the delay have been “exhausted” and that the convoy was heading toward the...
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Good morning! Here’s what you need to know: Russia Moves Into Ukraine; Ukraine Says It Is Being Invaded. “Russia ordered a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine on Friday apparently without Kiev’s permission, raising the danger of direct confrontation with the Ukrainian military, which is fighting...
Russian aid convoy drives into Ukraine
The first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossed into eastern Ukraine on Friday, seemingly without Kiev’s approval, after more than a week’s delay amid suspicions the mission was being used as a cover for an invasion by Moscow. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine: Russian aid convoy is a ‘direct invasion’
URALO-KAVKAZ, Ukraine (AP) — Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kiev’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. The white-tarped semis carrying food, water, generators and sleeping bags sent from Moscow are intended for civilians in the...
Russian Aid Convoy Drives Into Ukraine Seemingly Without Kiev’s Approval
URALO-KAVKAZ, Ukraine (AP) — Russia sent dozens of aid trucks into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without Kiev’s approval, saying its patience had worn out with the Ukrainian government’s stalling tactics. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion.” The white-tarped semis carrying food, water, generators and...
MH17 remains return home as govt battles fallout
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — 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...
