Friday, August 22, 2014

Russian aid convoy reaches war-torn Luhansk without Kiev's approval

 

Declaring it had lost patience with Ukraine's stalling tactics, Russia sent at least 130 aid trucks rolling into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without the approval of the government in Kiev. Ukraine called the move a "direct invasion" that aimed to provoke an international incident.

The unilateral move sharply raised the stakes in eastern Ukraine, for any attack on the convoy could draw the Russian military directly into the conflict between the Ukrainian government and the separatist rebels in the east. Ukraine has long accused Russia of supporting and arming the rebels, a charge that Russia denies.

After spending hours on winding country roads, the convoy in began pulling into the hard-hit city of Luhansk, which appeared to be mostly in the hands of the rebels, on Friday evening.

More @ Townhall

3 comments:

  1. Via u96 http://u-96.livejournal.com/

    "We warn against any attempts to disrupt the purely humanitarian mission, which was prepared long ago, in an atmosphere of complete transparency and in cooperation with the Ukrainian side and the ICRC. Responsibility for possible consequences of provocations against the humanitarian convoy entirely fall on those who are willing to continue to bring human fate sacrifice their own ambitions and geopolitical designs, in flagrant violation of the rules and principles of international humanitarian law. "

    As a reminder of the consequences of attempts at the APU and the National Guard attack on a convoy or obstructing its passage today voiced unequivocal reminder that as part of the Russian airborne troops ended with the formation of the peacekeeping body composed of more than 5 thousand.

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    1. Obama instigated the overthrow, so good riddance to bad rubbish.

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