Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Russian Aid Convoy Near Ukraine’s Border
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia— A large Russian aid convoy headed toward Ukraine Thursday, taking a road leading directly toward a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels in the Luhansk region. Ukraine’s government threatened to block the convoy if the cargo could not be inspected, and Kiev announced it was organizing its own shipment...
World War 3 Impending? UN Says Ukraine Death Toll Doubles in 2 Weeks
GENEVA (AP) — The number of people who have been killed in eastern Ukraine appears to have doubled in the last two weeks, the U.N. human rights office said Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the office, Cecile Pouilly, said the U.N.’s “very conservative estimates” show the death toll has risen to at least 2,086 people as of Aug. 10 from 1,129 on...
Russian Aid Convoy for Ukraine Rebels Stuck Amid Bickering
VORONEZH, Russia— Hundreds of Russian trucks carrying aid intended for rebel-held eastern Ukraine remained parked Wednesday in the southern city of Voronezh as doubts grew over the convoy’s final route. The white-tarped vehicles lay idle at a military base in Voronezh after driving there from the outskirts of Moscow the day before. Ukraine...
World War 3 Averted? Ukraine Says Red Cross Can Enter the War-Torn Area
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Monday zeroed in on rebel strongholds as the government welcomed an international humanitarian relief mission into the rebellious east involving Russia, the United States and the European Union. The mission will be conducted under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The...
Italy’s Economic Issues Weigh on Eurozone
FRANKFURT, Germany—Italy is standing out as the European economy’s problem child. Again. Other countries that used to be the bearers of bad news — Spain, Greece, Ireland, Portugal — are slowly healing from the debt crisis that ravaged the currency union for much of the past five years. Italy, by contrast, slid back into...
Ukraine Will Block Russian Aid Convoy Heading to Rebel Region
MOSCOW— A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Ukraine said it wouldn’t let the mission in because it isn’t being coordinated by the international Red Cross and could be a covert military operation. The neutral agency said it had no information on what the trucks were...
Ukraine Rocket Attack Leads to Mass Jail Breakout
DONETSK, Ukraine—Rockets slammed into a high-security prison Monday in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, igniting a riot that allowed more than 100 prisoners to flee, authorities in eastern Ukraine said. Donetsk city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky said a direct rocket hit killed at least one inmate and left three others severely wounded. In...
Russia to Send Humanitarian Convoy Into Ukraine in Cooperation With Red Cross
DONETSK, Ukraine—Russia will send a humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in cooperation with the International Red Cross, the Kremlin said Monday. The statement was made in a readout of a telephone call between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso. It didn’t say when the convoy would...
Ukraine Demands Pro-Russia Rebels Surrender in Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine—Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russia rebels for a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Ukrainian officials demanded that the insurgents surrender instead. One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday...
World War 3 Averted? Ukraine Rebel Leader Wants Aid, Cease-Fire
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. There was no immediate government...
