Posted on 08/22/2014 9:30:44 AM PDT by tcrlaf
-Kiev Says Crossing of Russian Trucks Without Red Cross Violates Agreement
Ukraine charged Russia with violating its borders by driving dozens of trucks into the rebel-held east of the country on Friday, a sharp escalation in tensions after an extended standoff over a large convoy believed to be carrying humanitarian aid that Moscow dispatched last week.
Russia's foreign ministry said it sent in the trucks unilaterally because Kiev was deliberately halting the delivery. But Ukrainian officials said trucks had entered Ukraine without being accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross, violating a previous agreement.
They charged that Russian security officials had blocked Ukrainian forces Friday morning from inspecting the convoy, despite an earlier pact that would allow them to do so.
The trucks' crossing after a week stalled at the border threatens to bring Ukraine and Russia into more direct conflict. While Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of aiding pro-Russian separatists fighting Ukrainian forces, Russia has steadfastly denied playing any role. The entry of the convoy creates an official Russian presence in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, providing a new flashpoint for tensions as Kiev presses its military efforts to rout separatists.
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ohmygosh...just stop with the bs already! You’ve said nothing but ‘rebels fighting for independence’ ‘it’s a civil war’. You have not acknowledged that Ukraine is fighting Russia from the beginning. You’re propaganda is so bad you can’t even keep track of your own posts.
What haven’t I acknowledged? You’re disgusting support for a Russian invasion? I have acknowledged that since you’ve started posting your pro-soviet putin bootlicking crap.
I’ll ask you again...Why do you support a Russian take over of a sovereign nation?
“I’ll ask you again...Why do you support a Russian take over of a sovereign nation?”
Never said that I did, but you have IMPLIED that numerous times, because you don’t like the info I posted.
Why the strawman?
And yes, it is a CIVIL WAR, whether you want to call it that, or not, in every definition of the word, including by the Red Cross itself.
It is a “civil war,” just with some of the combatants recruited, trained, and supplied by a foreign country. Don’t get caught-up in the weeds.
Exactly, if Russia is invading a country it is not a civil war.
When Russia is instigating in a foreign country, it is not a civil war.
It is an attack by a foreign nation on a sovereign nation.
whether you or the red cross like it or not, Russia is attacking, supplying, and training to take over parts of Ukraine.
Crimea was not a civil war and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine is not a civil war.
Your words and posts alone IMPLY you support these actions. I don’t need to imply anything.
So, You are right, and the International Red Cross is wrong.
Riiiiigggghhhtttt......
Remind me . . . aren’t you the guy always whining about “controlling the narrative?”
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