Section: US & Canada
Russian reports: 280 trucks with humanitarian aid leave for war-torn regions of east Ukraine
Russian state media is reporting that about 280 trucks have left the Moscow region for war-torn eastern Ukraine, a day after the Kiev government welcomed an international humanitarian relief mission into the rebellious region. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia sends 280 trucks with aid to Ukraine
A Russian convoy sets off amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for invasion. …read more Source:...
How Turkey could benefit from Russian sanctions
CNBC’s Hadley Gamble reports on how sanctions on Russia could benefit Turkey as Vladimir Putin looks east for trade. …read more Source:...
Russia sends 280 trucks with humanitarian aid to Ukraine
A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off on Tuesday amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russia Reportedly Sends Humanitarian Convoy To Ukraine
A Russian convoy of up to 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid has reportedly left for Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Huge Russian Convoy Leaves Moscow for Ukraine, Bearing Aid
A convoy of about 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid has left Moscow for southeastern Ukraine, Russian television and news agencies reported Tuesday. …read more Source: The New York...
Poroshenko announces international humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Monday that an international humanitarian mission would be sent to the war-torn east of his country, in a fragile move toward peace on a day in which fighting continued unabated. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russia to join humanitarian mission to Ukraine
[…] initiatives have previously faced sustained opposition from Ukraine and the West, who had feared they could act as a pretext for sending Russian troops into rebel-held territory. “Humanitarian aid will only be distributed among the civilian population of the Luhansk province, which has long been suffering from the actions of...
Ukrainian inmates escape after rockets hit prison
Rockets slammed into a high-security prison Monday in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, igniting a riot that allowed more than 100 prisoners to flee, authorities in eastern Ukraine said. In the past week Ukrainian government forces have intensified their military operations and surrounded Donetsk, the largest city in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The...
Oil and gas giants sidestep U.S., EU sanctions, keep drilling with Russia
The West’s major oil companies have been seamlessly sidestepping sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. and European Union, for the most part pressing full speed ahead on joint ventures to drill for oil and gas with sanctioned Russian companies and executives. Russia remains the world’s top energy producer, despite …...
