Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Russian Aid Convoy Waits Near Ukraine
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia—Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy were waiting Saturday 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. Ukrainian officials are concerned that the mission including around 200...
Russia Denies Its Vehicles Destroyed in Ukraine
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia—NATO on Friday said a Russian military column ventured overnight into Ukraine, and the Ukrainian president said his forces destroyed most of it. Russia denied all of this, but the reports spooked global markets and overshadowed optimism driven by agreement over a Russian aid convoy bound for eastern Ukraine. The...
Russia Lets Ukraine Inspect Aid Convoy
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia — Russia let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy on Friday and agreed to let the Red Cross distribute the aid around the rebel-held city of Luhansk, easing tensions and dispelling Ukrainian fears that the aid operation is a ruse to get military help to separatist rebels. In violation of an earlier tentative...
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 Reports Destroying Russian Military Vehicles Sneaking Across Border
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia—NATO and Ukraine said Russian military vehicles did cross into Ukraine during the night and the Ukrainian president said most of them were destroyed by his troops. A statement on President Petro Poroshenko’s website said that he and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke by telephone about the reports from...
Russia Lets Ukraine Inspect Rebel-Bound Aid Convoy
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia—Russia let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy on Friday and agreed to let the Red Cross distribute the aid around the rebel-held city of Luhansk, easing tensions and dispelling Ukrainian fears that the aid operation is a ruse to get military help to separatist rebels. In violation of an earlier tentative...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Dutch Push Ukraine on MH17 Disaster Inquiries
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch officials said Monday they will push ahead with both an investigation into the cause of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster and a criminal investigation into the persons responsible, despite not being able to access the site where the plane went down in eastern Ukraine. Flight 17 was shot down July 17 above an area held by...
Ukraine, Russia Parry Over Russian Aid Convoy
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia—Raising the stakes in Ukraine’s conflict, a Russian aid convoy of more than 200 trucks pushed up to the border on Thursday but then stopped, provocatively poised to cross into rebel-held territory. The Ukrainian government threatened to use all means available to block the convoy if the Red Cross was not allowed...
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...
Eurozone Economy Stops Growing, Recession Fears Loom
FRANKFURT, Germany—Well, that didn’t last long. After four quarters of meager growth, the fragile economic recovery in the 18-country eurozone creaked to a halt in the second quarter. Growth was zero. After only 0.2 percent in the first quarter. Now who will get out and push? The European Central Bank, with a further monetary stimulus? Or...
