Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 15, 2014

Did Russia And Ukraine Just Start A War? What We Know And Don't Know -- VOX

On Friday, as a Russian "aid convoy" of 280 trucks neared the Ukrainian border, NATO said that a separate "incursion" of Russian military forces had crossed into Ukraine. The Russian forces are reportedly in eastern Ukrainian territory held by Russia-backed separatist rebels, according to NATO and Ukrainian government officials. Some reports suggest that there may be open fighting between Ukrainian military forces and the Russian incursion, but it's far from clear whether that's true or what precisely is happening on the ground.

Did Russia really invade Ukraine outright? Is this now an open war? Here is a running account of what we know and what we don't know.

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- August 15, 2014

Kiev says forces destroyed Russian armour inside Ukraine -- Reuters
Ukraine Says It Destroyed Military Vehicles Crossing Border From Russia -- NYT
Ukraine 'hits Russia armoured column' amid aid impasse -- BBC
Ukraine says its troops destroyed Russian military vehicles that crossed border -- FOX News/AP
Ukraine Strikes APCs From Russia as Spat Over Aid Convoy Deepens -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Ukraine says it 'destroyed' part of Russian military convoy -- USA Today
Ukraine 'destroys' Russian military vehicles -- Al Jazeera
Tensions soar as Ukraine says destroys Russian armour -- AFP

Russia denies Ukraine forces attacked Russian armored column in Ukraine territory -- Haaretz
Russia denies its military vehicles crossed into Ukraine or were destroyed on Ukrainian soil -- AP
Russian Defense Ministry denies reports military column crossed into Ukraine -- RT

Aid convoy to Ukraine faces disruption, may be attacked - Russia -- RT
Russian military vehicles enter Ukraine as aid convoy stops short of border -- The Guardian
Ukraine Tangles With Russia Over APCs as Convoy Stalls -- Bloomberg
12 Russian armored vehicles join aid convoy -- AP
Britain 'alarmed' by reports of Russian military vehicles entering Ukraine -- Reuters

A Ukraine City Under Siege, ‘Just Terrified Of The Bombing’ -- New York Times
Shelling in Eastern Ukraine Impacts Civilians -- VOA
A City of Roses, Turned to Ruins Life on the eerie streets of Ukraine's final separatist stronghold -- New Republic
Three killed in Ukrainian rocket attacks on Donetsk -- Irish Independent
Ukranian forces shell rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk -- Euronews
US calls for restraint in Ukrainian army’s actions after deadly Donetsk shelling -- RT
Almost 52,000 Ukrainian Refugees Sheltered in Russian Temporary Accommodations -- RIA Novosti

EU Threatens New Anti-Russian Sanctions Over Ukraine -- RIA Novosti
EU Warns Russia on Further Sanctions as Ukraine Escalates -- Bloomberg Businessweek
EU unity on Russia sanctions fraying despite tough talk -- Reuters

Reports of fighting in Ukraine erase stock gain -- Washington Post
Six questions -- what's happening in Ukraine? -- CNN