Section: International Business Times (USA)
Is Russia Invading Ukraine? Moscow Sending Trucks With Weapons To Rebels, Report Claims
Russia has been sending weapons to rebels in areas of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, according to Associated Press reporters who have viewed the convoys. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia Announces Plans To Send Second Aid Convoy To Ukraine Ahead Of High-Level Talks
Russia, on Monday, announced plans to send a second aid convoy into strife-torn eastern Ukraine, just two days after its first convoy of 280 trucks returned to Russian territory. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine In Defiant Show Of Force As Military Vehicles Parade On Nation’s Independence Day
Armored vehicles and soldiers, some of them hardened in battle, paraded on Kiev’s main square on Sunday to mark Independence Day in a defiant show of the military force Ukraine’s government hopes will defeat pro-Russian separatists in the east. Soldiers, some of whom were due to head directly to the front in the war against the...
Ukraine Crisis: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Looks For Peace In First Visit Since Start Of Conflict
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev Saturday to show support for the country in its four-month-old conflict with pro-Russian separatists and to push for peace between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported. Merkel said better border control and a cease-fire are necessary before peace can be...
Russian Convoy: First Trucks Cross Back Into Ukraine, Amid International Protests
Trucks from a Russian aid convoy started crossing back into Russia on Saturday after igniting a storm of anger in Western capitals a day earlier by driving into Ukraine without the permission of the government in Kiev. The return of the trucks may help ease the tension to some extent in time for the arrival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in...
NATO Condemns Russian Aid Convoy’s Entrance Into Ukraine, Russia’s Artillery Use
NATO, the Pentagon and Ukrainian officials have condemned a purported Russian aid convoy’s entrance into Ukraine. Part of the convoy, which Russian officials describe as humanitarian in nature, headed toward rebel-held eastern Ukraine without the approval of authorities in Kiev or the participation of the Red Cross. …read more Source:...
Russian Aid Convoy Moves Into Ukrainian Territory, Citing ‘Intolerable’ Delays
A Russian aid convoy destined for rebel-held eastern Ukraine has crossed the border and entered the country, seemingly without the permission of authorities in Kiev. The Associated Press quoted a statement from the Russian foreign ministry as saying, “The Russian side has decided to act. Our column with humanitarian aid is starting to move...
Russia McDonald’s Closures: Outlets Closed Over ‘Sanitary Violations;’ Sanctions Payback Suspected
Russian authorities ordered the temporary closure of four McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow on Wednesday, citing “sanitary violations,” but the move was seen by Western observers as a response to sanctions imposed on the country over the crisis in Ukraine. BBC reported that the watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, claimed the restaurants...
MH17: Investigators Plan To Return to Malaysia Airlines Crash Site In Ukraine When Security Improves
The investigation team looking into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in July plans to return to the crash site when the security situation in the country improves. Investigators had suspended their search efforts in early August when fighting between Ukraine forces and pro-Russian rebels escalated. …read more Source:...
Activists Paint Moscow Skyscraper Colors Of Ukraine’s Flag
Muscovites awoke to a surprise –- and highly unauthorized — paint job on the crown of the 32-floor Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building Wednesday morning. Someone or some group climbed to very top of the building’s spire, painted the hammer-and-sickle emblem blue and yellow, then planted a Ukrainian flag squarely atop the 577-foot-tall...
