Section: US & Canada
Russian Military Vehicles Enter Ukraine Overnight as ‘Aid’ Convoy Waits Near Border
Ukrainian officials on the Russian border have begun inspection of the 280-lorry convoy, which Russia claims is carrying humanitarian supplies from Moscow to the country’s eastern Luhansk province. However, the humanitarian convoy increasingly looked like a sideshow after journalists for UK papers the Guardian and Telegraph reported seeing...
Q&A: What’s happening in Ukraine?
Nearly six months since popular protests toppled pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych, fighting between Ukraine’s military and pro-Russia rebels continues in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
NATO boss says alliance observed Russian incursion into Ukraine, which Russia denies
NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance has observed a Russian “incursion” into Ukraine, which Russia denies. …read more Source: FOX...
NATO accuses Moscow amid reports of troops’ incursion into Ukraine
Russian government denied its troops had entered Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
Red Cross set to inspect Russian aid at Ukraine border
Food and medical supplies are bound for hard-hit rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...
Poland puts on biggest military parade in years
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland put on its biggest military parade in years Friday to mark its annual armed forces holiday, with the president saying the violence in Ukraine shows that conflict is still a “brutal reality” in Eastern Europe and Poland must be able to defend itself. Present at the ceremony was the family of U.S. Army Staff...
Separatist Shuffle: Who’s In, Who’s Out Among The Donbas Rebels
Some of the biggest names among pro-Russian separatist in eastern Ukraine are steadily leaving — often being replaced with local unknowns. Here’s a rundown. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Accuses Russia Of Ukraine ‘Incursion’
The alliance says it observed Russian military vehicles cross into Ukraine overnight, as a massive convoy purportedly carrying aid supplies is halted near the border awaiting inspection.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Russian Military Heads Toward Border
The Russian aid convoy is parked just outside Ukraine and it is unclear if it intends to cross the border. Steven Rosenberg reports. …read more Source: The Boston...
Russia lets Ukraine inspect aid convoy
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia (AP) — Russia let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy on Friday and agreed to let the Red Cross distribute the aid around the rebel-held city of Luhansk, easing tensions and dispelling Ukrainian fears that the aid operation is a ruse to get military help to separatist rebels. … …read more Source: The...
