Posted on 08/11/2014 10:30:17 AM PDT by tcrlaf
The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation with Russia and the European Union into the rebel-held city of Luhansk a plan that Ukraine says the backing of President Barack Obama.
The Kremlin earlier announced that it was dispatching the humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine had previously objected to Russia sending any aid into the region, and the West had strongly warned Russia that any attempt to send its military personnel into Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian assistance would be seen as an invasion.
In the last week, Ukrainian government forces have been closing in on the few remaining pro-Russian rebel strongholds in eastern Ukraine, including surrounding Donetsk, the largest city in rebel-held city. Hundreds of thousands have been fleeing the fighting.
Shortly after the Kremlin statement, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko got on a phone call with President Barack Obama, according to their offices.
(Excerpt) Read more at winnipegfreepress.com ...
Is this the same Red Cross that has been collaborating with the Russian military for months???
There fixed it --
International Red Cross and Red Crescent is a pinko peacenik front group who agrees with Obama that “we tortured some folks.”
I wonder how the Russian propagandist picked the “Winnipeg Free Press” newspaper? Probably didn’t want to post a Russian site and this newspaper was the one giving the most pro-Russian story.
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