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    12 Russian armored vehicles join aid convoy
    Aug15

    12 Russian armored vehicles join aid convoy

    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...

    12 Russian armored vehicles join aid convoy poised to enter Ukraine
    Aug15

    12 Russian armored vehicles join aid convoy poised to enter Ukraine

    A dozen Russian armored personnel carriers have appeared near a large aid convoy that is parked near the Ukrainian border and poised to cross into rebel-held territory. …read more Source: FOX...

    Lawmaker Takes A Punch In Ukrainian Parliament
    Aug15

    Lawmaker Takes A Punch In Ukrainian Parliament

    The leader of Ukraine’s populist Radical Party was nearly knocked out in the Verkhovna Rada’s lobby on August 14 after he accused a fellow deputy of ignoring the plight of soldiers fighting in the country’s east. Oleh Lyashko, who came third in July’s presidential elections, appeared stunned after a heated exchange with...

    Moscow, Kiev closer to confrontation as aid convoy heads for rebel areas
    Aug15

    Moscow, Kiev closer to confrontation as aid convoy heads for rebel areas

    MOSCOW — A Russian aid convoy struck a new course toward rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, apparently flouting Ukrainian demands that all humanitarian shipments be subject to government inspections and prompting Kiev to threaten a direct confrontation if the convoy tries to pass through. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    Russians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine Adventure
    Aug15

    Russians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine Adventure

    For most Russians, indeed nearly all of them, the crisis in Ukraine has had a distant, almost virtual quality. It has been something they watched on TV, or debated in their kitchens, rooting for the pro-Russian rebel militias and cursing the Ukrainian government as though the war between them was hardly more than a gruesome sporting match. The...

    Putin Puts Wall Street in Buying Mood
    Aug15

    Putin Puts Wall Street in Buying Mood

    Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a softer stance towards Ukraine and the bulls on Wall Street stand firm. Gains were modest across the board with strength in utilities, health and consumer discretionary stocks leading the way. …read more Source: The Boston...

    Reports: Russian Military Convoy Enters Ukraine
    Aug15

    Reports: Russian Military Convoy Enters Ukraine

    Two British newspapers are reporting that a column of Russian military vehicles has crossed into Ukraine separately from a convoy of some 250 Russian trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Shelling in Eastern Ukraine Impacts Civilians
    Aug15

    Shelling in Eastern Ukraine Impacts Civilians

    Lena, 62, clutches one of the pigeons that survived Wednesday’s attack on her inner-city district — a late-night barrage of rockets that killed 10 of her birds — as she condemns the damage to her one-story home. “There aren’t separatist fighters in the neighborhood,” she said, adding that the only people who live in the...

    Malaysia sets day of mourning as first Flight 17 remains due home
    Aug15

    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...

    Ukraine Army Recaptures Town Near Rebel Stronghold
    Aug15

    Ukraine Army Recaptures Town Near Rebel Stronghold

    Ukrainian Army tanks in the eastern city of Uglegorsk; the national flag waving high. The army recaptured the town on Tuesday from pro-Russian separatists, and began to close in on the rebel stronghold of Dontesk, only a half hour’s drive away. Residents of Uglegorsk say at least five civilians were killed in the operation. …read more...