Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Ukraine says rebels shoot down fighter jet
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Separatist rebels in the east have shot down a Ukrainian fighter plane, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Sunday. The latest fighting comes as a Russian aid convoy is waiting on the Ukrainian border for clearance to bring supplies to suffering civilians in the region. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Russian aid convoy at Ukraine border waits for security deal
Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy waited Saturday near the Ukrainian border as complicated procedures dragged on for allowing them into eastern Ukraine to help civilians suffering amid fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists. Ukrainian officials are concerned that the mission, comprising around 200 trucks, could be a guise for...
Russian aid convoy waits near Ukraine
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia (AP) — Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy are waiting near the Ukrainian border as complicated procedures drag on for allowing them into eastern Ukraine to help civilians suffering amid fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Deal reached to allow inspection of Russian aid convoy
Kiev and the West were suspicious that the mission could be a pretext for a Russian military incursion into eastern Ukraine, where government forces are battling pro-Russia separatists and clawing back rebel-held territory. NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen also confirmed that Russian military vehicles had entered Ukraine, but he gave...
127 victims identified from Ukraine plane disaster
With fighting between pro-Russia separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces ongoing near the crash site, victims’ remains were gathered and sent to the Netherlands for identification. In remarks confirmed by his office, chief prosecutor Fred Westerbeke said he expects the case will take years to build. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Poland puts on biggest military parade in years
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland put on its biggest military parade in years Friday to mark its annual armed forces holiday, with the president saying the violence in Ukraine shows that conflict is still a “brutal reality” in Eastern Europe and Poland must be able to defend itself. Present at the ceremony was the family of U.S. Army Staff...
Ukraine: inspectors to check Russian convoy
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says a team of several dozen of its customs and border service officials will inspect a Russian aid convoy parked just beyond its border. Sergei Astakhov, an assistant to the deputy head of Ukraine’s border guard service, said the cargo would be inspected in the presence of representatives from the International...
News of the day From Across the Globe, August 15
British police searched a house belonging to veteran rock star Cliff Richard on Thursday in connection with sexual allegations dating back to the 1980s. Supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide clashed with U.N. peacekeepers Thursday as the popular former leader faced possible arrest for not providing court-ordered testimony in a...
Pressure mounts as Russian convoy reaches Ukraine’s border
Raising the stakes in Ukraine’s conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border Thursday but then stopped, provocatively poised to cross into rebel-held territory. […] an inspection would ease concerns that Russia could use the aid shipment as cover for a military incursion in support of the separatists,...
Putin tones down rhetoric on Ukraine
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. Referring to a suggestion by firebrand...
