Section: US & Canada
Russian aid convoy poised to enter Ukraine as fighting rages
Pro-Russia separatists who control part of Ukraine’s eastern border allowed Kiev customs officials into the occupied territory Thursday to inspect a Russian convoy seeking to carry aid to the militants’ last two strongholds. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russia checks more McDonald's after closing 3
MOSCOW — Russia’s food safety agency said Thursday that it was checking McDonald’s restaurants around the country, a day after several branches of the chain were shuttered in Moscow.The pressure on the American chain, which has 435 restaurants in Russia, comes at a time of heightened tensions over the fighting in eastern Ukraine.After...
Ukraine Border Guards Begin Approving Russian Aid Convoy
…read more Source: Voice of...
U.S. Army veteran, West Point grad killed fighting for Ukraine
The lone American fighting for the Ukraine in the current conflict in the Eastern part of the country died in during battle. …read more Source: FOX...
Russian Aid Trucks Poised At Border As Ukraine Toll Mounts
The first trucks in what Russia says is a humanitarian aid convoy are poised to cross into eastern Ukraine after days of delays, as more than 10 people were killed in persistent fighting. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What’s Behind Russia’s McDonald’s Probe?
Four branches in Moscow are closed and others elsewhere in Russia are being inspected. What’s going on at McDonalds? The country’s food safety watchdog says the closures are linked to “numerous” breaches of sanitary rules. Others see a link to the current poor relationship between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine....
Some Russian Aid Trucks Clearing Ukraine Customs
KIEV, Ukraine—Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said Thursday. Russia has been trying to send in over 200 trucks carrying what it says is humanitarian aid to help civilians in the hard-hit city of Luhansk, but Ukraine fears...
Ukraine: Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs
Ukraine: Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs at a rebel-held border post …read more Source: CNY...
Russian Aid Trucks Finally Roll Into Ukraine
Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Thursday …read more Source:...
Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs at a rebel-held border post
Parts of eastern Ukraine were wracked by fierce fighting Thursday as government troops sought to snatch back territory from separatist rebels, while a Russian aid convoy to the hard-hit city of Luhansk began to make tentative steps toward its destination. …read more Source:...
