As Showdown Looms, Humanitarian Situation Worsens in Eastern Ukraine -- Voice of America
As Ukraine promises to deny entrance to a convoy of nearly 300 Russian trucks carrying what Russia says are aid to civilians in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, the humanitarian situation is worsening in the region's besieged cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.
As the Russian convoy nears the border, Ukrainian and Western officials fear that Moscow is planning to exploit a worsening crisis in east Ukraine by cloaking a military mission in the guise of a humanitarian aid convoy.
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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 13, 2014
Ukraine crisis: death toll doubles to 2,080 within just two weeks as army warns it will block 'Putin humanitarian aid convoy' -- The Independent
Death Toll In Ukraine Conflict Doubles In 2 Weeks, Reaches 2,086 - UN -- RT
Ukraine death toll doubles to more than 2,000 -- CBC/Reuters
UN says Ukraine death toll doubled in 2 weeks -- Times of Israel/AFP
Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in separatist ambush -- Reuters
12 Ukraine militiamen killed in ambush, others kidnapped -- CBS/AP
Nationalist fighters killed in Ukraine -- Al Jazeera
Donetsk militia commander Strelkov badly wounded — agency -- ITAR-TASS
Kyiv’s troops surround separatist stronghold Donetsk, civilian casualties high -- Euronews
Ukraine Crisis: Shelling intensified on rebel-held city of Donetsk -- AP
Ukraine denies using artillery in cities despite mounting evidence -- Kyiv Post
Ukraine conflict: Under siege in Luhansk -- BBC
Luhansk has no power, water, telephone service for 11 days -- Kyiv Post
Caught In Cross-Fire, Civilians In Eastern Ukraine Suffer -- NPR
Russian convoy to Ukraine abruptly changes course -- CNN
Ukraine accuses Russia of cynicism over convoy; death toll rises sharply -- Reuters
Russian army’s aid convoy will be turned away by Ukraine -- AP
Russian humanitarian aid convoy 'pushes south to Ukraine' -- BBC
Russia and Ukraine set for tense stand off over 'aid' convoy -- The Telegraph
Huge Russian aid convoy set to reach Ukraine border within hours -- The Guardian
Ukraine Minister Denounces Russian Aid Convoy -- VOA
Ukraine vows to block Russian 'aid' convoy -- Al Jazeera
Kyiv and the West oppose Kremlin’s aid mission to Ukraine -- Euronews
Luhansk to be final point for aid convoy — Donetsk Republic vice-premier -- ITAR-TASS
What's REALLY in 300-vehicle Russian 'humanitarian' convoy heading for Ukraine? Fears it could be cover for 'permanent Russian military presence' -- Daily Mail
Tank Tracks and Training Camps Belie Russia's Involvement in Eastern Ukraine -- Newsweek/Reuters
Scarred by Ukraine Crossfire, Slovyansk Faces Long Road of Recovery -- Moscow Times
Ukraine's Currency Hits a New Low -- WSJ
Ukraine's Rebels Worship the Past, Not God -- Geraldine Fagan, Moscow Times
Aid or invasion? Question looms as Russian convoy nears Ukraine -- Michael Pearson and Lindsay Isaac, CNN
2 comments:
Something is going to happen with this convoy. Either Kiev lets it through giving Russia a PR coup and a provision of non-lethal support which will certainly help the rebels, or they stop it, giving Russia a casus belli. Those in the media saying it is a literal trojan horse are fools; Russia needs no such subterfuge to succeed in a military operation. What it does do is put the Ukraine government in a no-win situation.
This makes more sense, thank you. Thought myself the convoy was a troyan horse but i was wrong. I think Kiev will try to stop it since they have said that they will not allow that this convoy crosses the border. But one thing i am unsure of is that there are some news that the convoy has split in two one part is going to Kharkov and another part goes to Luhansk, if the convoi going to Luhansk crosses the border using a pro-Russian controled checkpoint it can bring more then enaugh supplies to the pro-Russians to endure a siege and get some PR too, a win win situration for Moscow. But i still think that a invation will be the scenario when the Ukrainian army storms Donetsk since Putin will not lose his infuence over Ukraine and lose "face". The most likely scenario i think would happen is that when the army storm Donetsk Russia will invade and push back the ATO operation and then deploy peace keeping troops so the pro-Russians can act as a "de-facto" country. This will benefit Russia since if they annex Eastern Ukraine or take over the whole country it would cost to much. So if Russia split Ukraine in two Russia would achieve a Transinstria scenario which i think is what Putin wants.
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