Russia escalates tensions with aid convoy, reported firing of artillery inside Ukraine - WP | Truck Convoy Returns to Russia From Ukraine - NYT
Russia escalates tensions with aid convoy, reported firing of artillery inside Ukraine Saturday August 23 rd , 2014 at 7:36 AM 1 Share Russia sent more than 130 aid trucks rolling into rebel-held eastern Ukraine without the approval of the government in Kiev. The convoy arrived in war-torn Luhansk on Friday. (AP) MOSCOW — The conflict between Russia and Ukraine hit dangerous new heights Friday as Russia sent an enormous aid convoy into rebel-held Ukrainian territory without the permission of the Kiev government, a move that a top Ukrainian security official described as a “direct invasion.” The maneuver came amid reports from NATO that Ukrainian troops were coming under Russian artillery fire from inside their borders. “Russian artillery support — both cross-border and from within Ukraine — is being employed against the Ukrainian armed forces,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement accusing Moscow of a “blatant