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“I have everything I need but peace,” Valentina Simonyenko, a retiree standing in line for water from a spring, said Thursday. Later, she said, she would buy bread. “Look around, everybody is just terrified of the bombing.”

KYIV, August 15 /Ukrinform/. A column, consisting of APCs (armored personnel carriers) and military trucks crossed the border of Ukraine via the checkpoint of Izvaryne, captured by separatists. According to available data, military equipment is moving towards Molodohvardiysk, Luhansk region, the headquarters of the Antiterrorist Center informs. "The intelligence has confirmed that a column of APCs and military Urals crossed the border and through the temporarily closed Ukrainian checkpoint of Izvaryne entered the territory of our country. The intelligence also confirms that license plates and markings on the technique were Russian," a statement says. The Antiterrorist Center indicated that a...

The most interesting thing over the past 24 hours was the Russian military convoy passing through the border into Ukraine, witnessed and photographed by Western and even Russian media outlets. And, more remarkably, has been the muted reaction from the West and indeed from the Western media. Some 4-5 weeks ago, the White House PR machine would have been going into overdrive, and warning of new sanctions iterations in the pipeline unless Russia “de-escalated.” Thus far nothing we have seen next to nothing of note. Officially the Russian Ministry of Defense has denied the convoy exists/crossed – but the evidence...

KYIV, August 15 /Ukrinform/. A column of Russian military equipment, on Friday, crossed the border of Ukraine in the area of Izvaryne checkpoint, trying to break through to help militants in besieged Luhansk. Spokesman of the NSDC Information-Analytical Center Andriy Lysenko said, LIGABusinessInform reports. When asked why the column was not destroyed from the air, Lysenko said that this border area is not controlled by the ATO. "But I assure you that what has got here, will not be released," he said. The number of technique and composition of the column is specified, according to the NSDC. To remind, on...

Due to the lack of support from local residents and successful operation by the Ukrainian army, the terrorists have realized they are in a desperate position. It follows from a telephone conversation between a FSB agent in Donbas and his boss in Crimea intercepted by Ukraine secret service Aug. 15. “The Russians are moving their agents within the terrorist groups in Donbas to Crimea,” Ukraine SBU says, Ukrayinska Pravda reports. “When I pass some locals they keep telling me ‘Damn you!’ the FSB agent, alias Trifon, says in the conversation. “The terrorists are merely marauders. You open to them the...

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg says he witnessed Russian light tanks heading toward the Ukrainian border Ukraine says its border guards are inspecting a controversial Russian aid convoy parked at the frontier.

Multiple evidences that 9 Russian tanks headed Donetsk via H21 road.

Ukraine to oppose unauthorized entry of Russian convoy in Donbas Ukraine is making diplomatic efforts to prevent the Russian humanitarian convoy from entering Donbas without inspection by international observers and Red Cross, National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andry Lysenko said Aug. 14. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army in a strongly worded statement said it will prevent the convoy from entering Ukraine. We will consider it as an enemy attack if the Russians get into Ukraine by-passing Red Cross and international observers. If this happens, the army will treat the convoy as an enemy force and will use its power to...

Two British newspapers are reporting that a column of Russian military vehicles has crossed into Ukraine separately from a convoy of some 250 Russian trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid. Correspondents for “The Guardian” and “The Telegraph” reported witnessing the military convoy crossing the border near the Ukrainian city of Donetsk after nightfall on August 14. The column of about 23 armored personnel carriers was supported by logistics vehicles and used a dirt road to cross the border through a gap in a barbed-wire fence, “The Guardian” reported. The crossing occurred around 10 p.m. local time, "The Telegraph"...

The white trucks of humanitarian aid rumbled through Russia in a convoy stretching for miles,...But, while the trucks came to a halt well short of Ukraine's border, a different Russian convoy did make the crossing into Ukrainian territory late on Thursday evening. The Guardian saw a column of 23 armoured personnel carriers, supported by fuel trucks and other logistics vehicles with official Russian military plates, travelling towards the border near the Russian town of Donetsk – about 200km away from Donetsk, Ukraine.

... Across the country over the next year, federal agencies expect to manage about 60,000 minors who entered or will arrive in the United States without an adult guardian. That figure compares with about 7,500 who came in annually before the numbers surged to 13,625 last year and about 25,000 in the current year. Many unaccompanied minors land in Southern California; here they can be cared for by relatives who are part of well-established expatriate communities from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras — the impoverished and sometimes violent countries from which most have journeyed. Services for these students could be...

APPLETON, WI - Leaders in the Appleton area say they cannot find room for unaccompanied children who've been crossing into the U.S. at the Mexican border. The federal government was hoping to locate up to 400 children in the Fox Valley, as they escape violence in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. However, the Appleton Post-Crescent says Outagamie County officials are concerned about funding and education for the youngsters. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department said federal money would pay for the shelter itself. The agency has been looking around the country for large shelter facilities within 100 miles of...

Nevada is among the states with the highest sign-up rate for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, according to a new study of the federal initiative that gives temporary protection from deportation to some youths who are in the country illegally. In Nevada, 10,564 people have applied and 9,243 have been approved since the program began in August 2012, according to March data from from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the most recent available. Among those that are immediately eligible by meeting all requirements, Nevada has an application rate of 61 percent vs. the national average of 52 percent, according to...

... What is the immigration debate mainly about – Those who want to come legally, or those who have already come illegally? This “comprehensive immigration reform,” does it focus on those who want to come legally and respect us and our laws, or does it focus on those who have shown no respect for either and broken those laws? In both cases, it is those who have broken the law that are the focus of our conversations and legislation. The irony of writing and passing laws for those who don’t follow them is apparently lost, much like it is on...

Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Juan McCain (R-Ariz.) blasted the Obama administration on Tuesday for releasing more than 600 immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, who have criminal records. “It is baffling how an agency charged with homeland security and immigration enforcement would knowingly release hundreds of illegals with criminal histories,” Coburn said on Tuesday. “In this single action, ICE undermined its own credibility, the rule of law, and the safety of Americans and local law enforcement.” The senators cited a new report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general, which revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

A group of 30 Russian special forces servicemen was captured by the Ukrainian army, NSDC spokesman Andry Lysenko said Aug. 12.

Sunday in Tucson AZ, an illegal immigrant with no drivers license was pulled over for a routine traffic stop over an illegal right turn. However, that traffic stop led to police and Border Patrol officers being swarmed by a spontaneous protest.

BOERNE — Kendall County on Monday joined a growing number of local governments in Texas demanding more federal action to stop the arrival of undocumented immigrant children to the state and expressing concern about costs and potential health threats to localities that absorb them. Commissioner Gene Miertschin reported receiving numerous emails from resolution critics who decried it as mean-spirited, but he noted with surprise that no dissent was heard at the commissioners court meeting. In any event, he said, “The probability of any of these (immigrant) folks coming to our county is extremely low.” Some in the standing-room-only crowd didn't...

July 15, 34 tanks, 34 self-propelled artillery guns and 2 armored personnel carriers moved from Luhansk to Donetsk. Their crews do not hide they are Russians, LB.ua reports, citing an eyewitness report. “I saw two columns of armor passing through my native Perevalsk. The asphalt road was destroyed. They all refuel at petrol stations, saying they are Russians. The armor with no identification marks penetrated Ukraine through the fields,” the eyewitness says.

Sunday in Tucson AZ, an illegal immigrant with no drivers license was pulled over for a routine traffic stop over an illegal right turn. However, that traffic stop led to police and Border Patrol officers being swarmed by a spontaneous protest. Two female protesters crawled underneath a vehicle in an attempt to stop the turnover of the suspect by the local police to Border Patrol agents. Border Patrol agents were forced removed the woman by pulling them out by their legs as protesters hurled insults at the officers.