Section: US & Canada
Russian Aid Convoy Sets Off For Ukraine
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid left for Ukraine on August 12. Russia said the aid consisted of food, medicine, medical equipment, sleeping bags, and portable power generators. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Wary Over Russian Convoy Bound for Ukraine
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Russian aid trucks leave for eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian government soldiers from battalion “Donbass” rest at their positions in village Mariinka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The Red Cross will lead an internationa… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
280 Russian aid trucks leave Moscow for eastern Ukraine
A convoy of 280 Russian trucks headed for eastern Ukraine early Tuesday, one day after agreement was reached on an international humanitarian relief mission. …read more Source:...
Russian trucks with humanitarian aid leave for war-torn regions of Ukraine
The international Red Cross, which is due to co-ordinate the operation, said it had no information on what the trucks were carrying or where they were going …read more Source: The Globe and...
280 Russian aid trucks leave for Ukraine
Some fear the aid shipment may be a pretext for sending in Russian troops …read more Source: USA...
Russia Sends 280 Trucks With Humanitarian Aid Supplies To Eastern Ukraine
Russia said Tuesday that 280 trucks have left for eastern Ukraine with at least 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid supplies, including food and medicine, following an agreement that was reached between Russia and Ukraine on Monday. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia and Cuba Get Back Into Bed With Each Other
It seemed like old times: In Havana in early July, Castro, the revolutionary leader of Cuba, embraced the current occupant of the Kremlin—once upon a time the isolated Communist island’s sugar daddy—together gleefully sticking a finger in the eye of their Cold War rival in Washington. In this case, the Castro was Raúl—the...
Kerry: US hopeful diplomacy can ease Ukraine-Russia tensions
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the Obama administration is hopeful diplomacy can ease tensions between Ukraine and Russia over Moscow’s insistence on sending humanitarian aid to pro-Russian areas of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia food ban hurts Moldova, bad omen for others
Two weeks before Russia banned most food from the West, it placed a similar embargo on produce closer to home in Moldova, a small Eastern European country seeking deeper ties with the European Union. Farmers here in one of the poorest corners of Europe are already feeling the pain, with some deciding not to harvest some of their fruit and...
