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    Here’s What We Know About Today’s Apparent Confrontation Between The Russian and Ukrainian Militaries
    Aug15

    Here’s What We Know About Today’s Apparent Confrontation Between The Russian and Ukrainian Militaries

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko released a statement today claiming that Ukrainian forces have destroyed the majority of a Russian military convoy inside of eastern Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry has also released a statement drawing attention to “the sharp intensification of military action by Ukrainian forces with the apparent...

    Photos: Ukrainians Struggle to Live a Normal Life in Warzone
    Aug15

    Photos: Ukrainians Struggle to Live a Normal Life in Warzone

    After Russian military vehicles escorting a convoy of trucks they claimed contained humanitarian aid crossed the border into Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed that artillery destroyed a “significant” part of the armored column, Reuters reports. Several governments including the United States and...

    Russia’s Half-Empty Humanitarian Convoy Just Might Start a War With Ukraine
    Aug15

    Russia’s Half-Empty Humanitarian Convoy Just Might Start a War With Ukraine

    Russia’s humanitarian aid convoy is no Trojan Horse, but that doesn’t matter—what’s inside the trucks is less important than what’s behind them. The convoy is currently parked at the Russia-Ukraine border, waiting f …read more Source: The New...

    Obama to travel to Estonia to meet with Baltic leaders on Ukraine
    Aug15

    Obama to travel to Estonia to meet with Baltic leaders on Ukraine

    President Barack Obama will travel to Estonia early next month to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to defend NATO allies in a Baltic region nervous about Russia’s activities in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...

    Ukraine says it ‘destroyed’ part of Russian military convoy
    Aug15

    Ukraine says it ‘destroyed’ part of Russian military convoy

    The Russian military vehicles reportedly crossed the border in advance of an aid convoy. …read more Source: USA...

    Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine
    Aug15

    Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine

    Russian solders with their several military vehicle gather at the rail road crossing about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ukrainian border at Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, early Friday, Aug. 15… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine
    Aug15

    Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine

    KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia — Russian military vehicles crossed into Ukraine during the night, NATO said Friday, and the Ukrainian president declared that most of them were quickly destroyed by his troops.The reported Russian incursion, which Moscow stoutly denied, came amid a week of drama over a Russian humanitarian aid mission for people in...

    Dow Drops 100 Points on News of Ukraine Violence
    Aug15

    Dow Drops 100 Points on News of Ukraine Violence

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 100 points Friday on reports that the Ukrainian military destroyed Russian military vehicles that entered into Ukraine. Investors are concerned about further escalation. Russian military vehicles carrying aid entered Ukraine over night following a days-long standoff over whether the more than 200...

    World War 3 Easing? Putin Tones Down Rhetoric on Ukraine Situation
    Aug15

    World War 3 Easing? Putin Tones Down Rhetoric on Ukraine Situation

    YALTA, Crimea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to a much-hyped meeting in Crimea amid expectations of more saber-rattling over Ukraine, but he instead struck a conciliatory note and called for peace in a speech Thursday that received surprisingly brief coverage on Russian television. Putin’s cautious statements and the terse...

    Ukraine says it ‘destroyed’ part of Russian armored convoy
    Aug15

    Ukraine says it ‘destroyed’ part of Russian armored convoy

    The Russian military vehicles reportedly crossed the border in advance of an aid convoy. …read more Source: USA...