Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Ukraine separatists accused of striking civilian convoy; dozens dead
A convoy of civilians fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine was hit Monday by what Kiev authorities said was separatist rocket fire that killed dozens. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine says it destroyed military vehicles that crossed from Russia
Ukraine’s president said Friday that the country’s forces destroyed “a significant part” of a Russian military convoy that crossed into Ukrainian territory during the night, a charge denied by Russia. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Obama to visit Baltic leaders as show of support
President Obama is slated to travel to Estonia next month, visiting the former Soviet republic in a move to try to reassure leaders in the region who worry that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine may spread. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Two more top separatist leaders abandon eastern Ukraine battle
Two more top leaders from the armed insurrection in eastern Ukraine resigned Thursday as government forces closed in on the last two strongholds of the 4-month-old uprising. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Malaysia sets day of mourning as first Flight 17 remains due home
Still far from closure or clarity in its national tragedy, Malaysia on Thursday declared a day of mourning on Aug. 22 for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot out of the sky over Ukraine nearly a month ago. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian aid convoy for Ukraine takes turn for the confrontational
A Russian convoy carrying aid for civilians trapped in separatist-controlled Luhansk in eastern Ukraine diverted from its agreed route to the Ukrainian border Thursday, drawing warnings from Kiev that it will be blocked “with all the forces available” unless its cargo is first inspected. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Standoff ensues over Russian aid convoy for eastern Ukraine
As a standoff ensued between Russia and Ukraine over a massive aid convoy dispatched from Moscow, the United Nations on Wednesday sharply increased its estimate of the death toll from four months’ of fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian aid convoy puts Ukraine in difficult position
The Kremlin’s rush to get a massive aid convoy to civilians trapped in eastern Ukraine has confronted the Kiev government with the dubious choice of appearing insensitive as it delays delivery to inspect the cargo or letting through unchecked goods that could resupply a sputtering separatist… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian aid convoy rolling toward Ukraine without Red Cross escort
Russia’s emergency services ministry dispatched a 280-truck convoy said to be carrying humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine on Tuesday while officials in Kiev warned that Russian military vehicles and personnel won’t be allowed through the border. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian convoy to bring aid to eastern Ukraine, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that he was sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine on a humanitarian mission in which the International Committee of the Red Cross and Western governments were cooperating. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
