Section: Boston Herald (USA)
Ukraine: We destroyed Russian military incursion
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia — Russian military vehicles crossed into Ukraine during the night, NATO and Ukraine said Friday, and the Ukrainian president said most of them were quickly destroyed by his troops.The reported Russian incursion, which Moscow denied, came amid a week of drama over a Russian humanitarian aid mission for people in eastern...
Ukraine: Some Russian military vehicles destroyed
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia — NATO and Ukraine said Russian military vehicles did cross into Ukraine during the night and the Ukrainian president said most of them were destroyed by his troops.A statement on President Petro Poroshenko’s website said that he and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke by telephone about the reports from...
Russia lets Ukraine inspect aid convoy
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia — 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: Boston...
Ukraine death toll spikes as attacks intensify
DONETSK, Ukraine — A rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine came under intensified shelling Wednesday as the U.N. revealed that the death toll from the fighting between government troops and separatists has nearly doubled in the last two weeks.A spokeswoman for the U.N.’s human rights office, Cecile Pouilly, said the organization’s...
Ukraine-bound Russian convoy stuck amid bickering
VORONEZH, Russia — Hundreds of Russian trucks carrying aid intended for rebel-held eastern Ukraine remained parked Wednesday in the southern city of Voronezh as doubts grew over the convoy’s final route.The white-tarped vehicles lay idle at a military base in Voronezh after driving there from the outskirts of Moscow the day before....
Ordinary Ukrainians become unlikely warriors
KIEV, Ukraine — Denis Lavrienko is a 36-year-old TV director who devotes his free time to his wife and young daughter. Vladislav Matelsky is a 28-year-old part-time truck driver who lives with his girlfriend. Vyacheslav Konstantinovsky is the multimillionaire owner of a fast-food chain.All have been rousted from peaceful lives in settings that...
Ukraine: Russian aid can enter with Red Cross OK
MOSCOW — A convoy of more than 260 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid rumbled toward the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, but Kiev said the goods would only be allowed in if they were inspected by the international Red Cross.The tug-of-war over humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s rebel-held eastern regions reflected deeper issues than...
Ukraine: Russia aid can enter with Red Cross role
MOSCOW — A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Kiev said it would only allow the goods through under the close supervision of the international Red Cross.A Ukrainian security spokesman said the convoy of vehicles was being managed by the Russian army and that it could not be...
Ukraine OKs Red Cross-led aid mission to east
DONETSK, Ukraine — The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation into Ukraine’s conflict-stricken province of Luhansk with assistance from Russia, the European Union and the United States, Ukraine said Monday.The Kremlin earlier announced that it was dispatching the humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine, where...
Russia to send humanitarian convoy into Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine — Russia will send a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the International Red Cross, the Kremlin said Monday, despite strong opposition from the Ukraine and the West.It wasn’t immediately clear if Russia has reached agreement with Ukraine on the issue, or if it has decided to move unilaterally as...
