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    Heavy Russian Military Equipment Is Joining The ‘Aid’ Convoy To Eastern Ukraine
    Aug14

    Heavy Russian Military Equipment Is Joining The ‘Aid’ Convoy To Eastern Ukraine

    Vladimir Putin’s government is sending a convoy of unmarked white trucks to Ukraine, and the supposed humanitarian mission heading towards Ukraine’s rebel-held eastern region of Luhansk is now being accompanied by heavy offensive Russian military equipment. The fleet of more than 262 vehicles, including about 200 trucks carrying aid,...

    Nationalist lawmaker takes a punch to the face in the boisterous Ukrainian parliament
    Aug14

    Nationalist lawmaker takes a punch to the face in the boisterous Ukrainian parliament

    A Ukrainian parliament member who cultivates the image of a fighter against separatists didn’t fare well against one of his legislative colleagues, taking a punch in the face and staggering into the arms of spectators. …read more Source: FOX...

    Putin Adopts Softer Tone on Visit to Crimea
    Aug14

    Putin Adopts Softer Tone on Visit to Crimea

    The Russia president said his country doesn’t want a confrontation with the West, as he defied Western criticism by visiting the Crimean peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in March. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Eurozone recovery grinds to halt amid Ukraine fear
    Aug14

    Eurozone recovery grinds to halt amid Ukraine fear

    Parisian rest during lunch time at the plaza de la Defense, Paris business district, outside Paris, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. France’s economy stagnated in the second quarter, leaving President… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Putin in Crimea
    Aug14

    Putin in Crimea

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    Russian Aid Convoy Heading for Rebel-Controlled Ukraine Border Crossing
    Aug14

    Russian Aid Convoy Heading for Rebel-Controlled Ukraine Border Crossing

    KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia—In a diplomatic game of chicken, a large Russian aid convoy rolled toward the Ukrainian border on Thursday — but it was heading toward a crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels instead of a government post as Ukraine had demanded. Ukraine’s government threatened to block the convoy if the cargo could not be...

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked
    Aug14

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Twitter Was Hacked

    The press office for Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev denied that he was stepping down Thursday after his Twitter account was apparently hacked, Bloomberg reports. “The Twitter account of the prime minister was hacked and the recent posts about his resignation and plans to become a freelance photographer are false,” an unnamed government...

    Russian Aid Convoy Heads Toward Ukraine Amid Controversy
    Aug14

    Russian Aid Convoy Heads Toward Ukraine Amid Controversy

    VORONEZH, Russia (AP) — A large Russian aid convoy resumed its journey toward Ukraine Thursday, taking a road leading directly toward a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region. The convoy of more than 200 vehicles had been parked at a military depot in the southern Russian city of Voronezh since late Tuesday amid...

    Ukraine Separatists In Seeming Disarray Amid Rumors Of Strelkov’s Demise
    Aug14

    Ukraine Separatists In Seeming Disarray Amid Rumors Of Strelkov’s Demise

    Separatists in eastern Ukraine are denying a report — also issued by separatists — that rebel commander Igor Girkin, aka Strelkov, had been severely wounded in combat. The latest rumors come as a number of separatist leaders have announced their resignation or retreat from the fray. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Sends Its Own Aid Convoy To Separatist-Held East
    Aug14

    Ukraine Sends Its Own Aid Convoy To Separatist-Held East

    A convoy of 26 trucks with humanitarian aid left the government-controlled Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 14 for the separatist-held Luhansk region. Serhiy Bochkovskiy, the chief of Ukraine’s State Service for Emergency Situations, told journalists the supplies would be handed over to the Red Cross for distribution in the region. The...