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Ukraine crisis: BBC finds Russian aid trucks 'almost empty'
BBC News ^ | 08/15/2014

Posted on 08/15/2014 10:58:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A convoy of Russian trucks carrying aid for eastern Ukraine has been opened up to journalists at the border.

The Ukrainian government had insisted that inspectors checked the trucks' cargo, amid fears that they could be carrying military supplies for the rebels - an accusation Russia has rejected.

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg noted that many of the trucks were "almost empty".

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bbc; russia; ukraine
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1 posted on 08/15/2014 10:58:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

More Russian lies. Troop transports.


2 posted on 08/15/2014 11:01:02 AM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think the tactic was to just get the trucks close....blast a few....pretending it was the Ukrainians. If they already checked the trucks and there is nothing in them...it’ll be hard to tell this story on RT with a straight face. RT probably has video lined up with a dozen interviews to explain how the attack took place and the damage caused.


3 posted on 08/15/2014 11:01:40 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: SeekAndFind

There are some rumors that the trucks are sent to evacuate the remainder of Russian mercenaries. They should have sent freezer trucks instead, for their remains - in a few days it all will be over.


4 posted on 08/15/2014 11:03:40 AM PDT by Samogon (Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess someone told them there was an urgent need for more trucks in Ukraine. The trucks are the humanitarian aid. No one mentioned that they should be carrying something inside the trucks too.


5 posted on 08/15/2014 11:03:44 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: pepsionice

If they were AID trucks, shouldn’t we be expecting food or medicine in the trucks? Why are they EMPTY? And if so, what the heck are they doing there?


6 posted on 08/15/2014 11:04:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The trucks are bait.


7 posted on 08/15/2014 11:04:55 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t suppose anyone has considered that they may have delivered their cargo before being caught and inspected.


8 posted on 08/15/2014 11:06:31 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeekAndFind

20 boxes of Buckwheat(the only food of Russian military) in one truck ,that proves there were soldiers in the truck .


9 posted on 08/15/2014 11:07:24 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Jim Noble

That was my guess also


10 posted on 08/15/2014 11:08:14 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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11 posted on 08/15/2014 11:12:50 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FREE REPUBLIC: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Aid convoy Soviet style.

Nothing on the shelves in her stores, nothing in her aid trucks.

My how things don’t change.


12 posted on 08/15/2014 11:13:42 AM PDT by dmz
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To: SeeSharp

When was the last time you heard of aid recipients only taking part of a delivery?


13 posted on 08/15/2014 11:13:53 AM PDT by Natufian (t)
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To: molson209

The cargo was troops and they off-loaded before reaching the border, the troops will walk across.


14 posted on 08/15/2014 11:16:35 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeeSharp

Its a domestic dispute. More dangerous to outsiders than anything.


15 posted on 08/15/2014 11:18:12 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: SeeSharp
I don’t suppose anyone has considered that they may have delivered their cargo before being caught and inspected.

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The first sentence of the excerpt above reads: A convoy of Russian trucks carrying aid for eastern Ukraine has been opened up to journalists at the border.

So you think the aid was dropped off while the aid convoy was still in Russia? Or perhaps you neglected to read that final prepositional phrase?

16 posted on 08/15/2014 11:18:30 AM PDT by dmz
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To: dmz

Russia shipping Air , not Fresh Air ,just Air


17 posted on 08/15/2014 11:31:13 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: free_life
More Russian lies. Troop transports.

Yep

18 posted on 08/15/2014 11:34:24 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Miltie

LOL


19 posted on 08/15/2014 11:38:37 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: SeekAndFind

They had to leave space to transport Strelkov’s ego back to Moscow.


20 posted on 08/15/2014 11:48:24 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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