"The distribution of humanitarian assistance will be conducted in 28 points in the city," the press service of the republic said. The points will work approximately from 08:00 to 12:00 MSK considering possible attacks of the city by Ukrainian security forces.
The press service noted that the food received from the convoy would be distributed only for free.
Russia is going to send another humanitarian convoy to the south-east of Ukraine. the convoy would be sent on the same route and in the same parameters. The adequate agreement is to be reached already this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We want to agree all conditions for the delivery of the second convoy on the same route, the same parameters, with the participation of Ukrainian border guards in the near future. We are convinced that this should be done already this week," Lavrov said.
According to the minister, Russia has already sent a note to inform Ukraine of the intention. Sergei Lavrov stressed out that the trucks of the humanitarian convoy had transported solely humanitarian goods. All the vehicles returned to the Russian Federation, the minister added.
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Upcoming meeting between Putin and Poroshenko is a chance which cannot be missed (Catherine Ashton)
Ukraine's Poroshenko sees removal of Russian 'mercenaries' as key to peace
Ukraine territorial integrity can be saved only by federalization. - (German Vice-Chancellor)
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on Russian Convoy in Ukraine
- L'Ukraine dénonce l'entrée de chars et blindés depuis la Russie...
"La frontière ukrainienne a été violée par une colonne de plusieurs dizaines de tanks et de véhicules blindés",
qui sont entrés sur le territoire près de la ville industrielle de
Marioupol, a rapporté à l'AFP le porte-parole militaire ukrainien,
Léonid Matioukhine. "La colonne a été arrêtée par les gardes-frontières. (...) La bataille est en cours."
De son côté", la Russie a annoncé un nouveau convoi humanitaire. "Nous avons envoyé hier (dimanche) une note officielle au ministère ukrainien des Affaires étrangères indiquant notre intention d'envoyer un nouveau convoi humanitaire", a dit le ministre russe Sergueï Lavrov lors d'une conférence de presse.
AFP
http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_ukraine-la-russie-annonce-un-nouveau-convoi-humanitaire?id=8340143
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De son côté", la Russie a annoncé un nouveau convoi humanitaire. "Nous avons envoyé hier (dimanche) une note officielle au ministère ukrainien des Affaires étrangères indiquant notre intention d'envoyer un nouveau convoi humanitaire", a dit le ministre russe Sergueï Lavrov lors d'une conférence de presse.
AFP
http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_ukraine-la-russie-annonce-un-nouveau-convoi-humanitaire?id=8340143
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Ukraine border guards clash with rebels near Russian border: military...
ReplyDeleteKIEV - Ukrainian government forces engaged with a separatist armored column near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, about 10 km (6 miles) from the Russian border, Ukraine's military said on Monday.
Border guards halted the advance of the column about 5 km northeast of the town, which is on the Azov Sea, it said in a Facebook post.
The new military thrust by the rebels, which a pro-government militia commander said might be aimed at capturing the government-held port city of Mariupul, appeared to open up a new southern front in the five-month conflict in Ukraine's east.
Fighting has been hithero concentrated around the two big rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk to the north.
The commander of a Ukrainian national guard unit in the area near Novoazovsk where the fighting was reported to be happening told Reuters by telephone: "A war has broken out here." He said he could not speak and ended the conversation.
Semen Semenchenko, commander of the pro-government Azov militia, said on his Facebook page that around 50 armored vehicles had crossed the border from Russia..............http://www.todayonline.com/world/ukraine-border-guards-clash-rebels-near-russian-border-military
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At least 250 pro-Russian separatists killed in Ukraine...
ReplyDeleteAt least 250 pro-Russian separatists, including many “mercenaries” have been killed in clashes with the Ukrainian army in the eastern part of the country on Sunday, the Kiev government claims.
Ukrainian anti-terror operations press service said Monday that "two voluntary groups"!!!!??? killed 90 pro-Russian separatists.....http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/378757--at-least-250-pro-russian-separatists-killed-in-ukraine
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Ballistic Missile Falls on Donetsk for First Time...
ReplyDeleteDONETSK, August 25 (RIA Novosti) – A Tochka-U (SS-21 “Scarab B”) ballistic missile landed on the outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine for the first time since the conflict broke out, a RIA Novosti correspondent in the area reports.
Earlier, the use of the missiles has been reported in Luhansk, Snizhny and Shakhtarsk. The strike was carried out on August 24, Independence Day of Ukraine, but was revealed only Monday.
The rocket’s fragmentation warhead exploded in the air above a street in Donetsk’s Kirovsky district. A mother of three was seriously injured after coming to the district to check the condition of her house, as the area has frequently been subject to shelling. The missile also wounded a man who covered his children with his own body.
The missile’s engine fell on a waste area in the same district.
The basis of the Tochka-U (SS-21 “Scarab B”) tactical ballistic systems is a one-stage ballistic missile that can be guided during the whole flight. The weapon is capable of carrying nuclear, chemical and fragmentation fillings. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, several Soviet republics retained the launchers, auxiliary hardware and missiles. According to Military Periscope and Military Balance data, Ukraine has about 90 such launchers..................http://en.ria.ru/world/20140825/192329772/Ballistic-Missile-Falls-on-Donetsk-for-First-Time.html
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