Though the deal wasn’t directly made between Russia and Ukraine, a roundabout agreement was reached that is going to see Russia send a humanitarian aid convoy into eastern Ukraine, despite loud US opposition to the plan.
Ukraine made a deal with the Red Cross to handle foreign aid shipments to the besieged east, and Russia made a deal with the Red Cross to provide one such convoy.
The Red Cross said Russia could send the convoy so long as there were no armed escorts, and they reported talks with the Ukrainian government on the safety on the convoy.
That’s no small matter, with the Ukrainian ultranationalists pushing a very anti-Russian tone lately, and “volunteer” fighters involved in the military’s invasion of the east often include west Ukrainians with ties to the ultranationalists.
The US has warned Russia not to send humanitarian aid to easterners, claiming it would be a pretext for direct military intervention, echoing the Obama Administration’s own strategy in recent wars.
If the US had not have spent 5 billion dollars funding the Ukraine Nazis this would never have happened, so who are they to even make comment!
No "loving' Amerika would rather see massive hunger and disease.
The US projecting again. Yeah, tell me about these "Polio vaccine drives" in Pakistan.
Here is hoping that all goes well and there is no "incident" which demands immediate western intervention.
The Ukrainian government says it is unwilling to allow the convoy to enter the country. It seems that the aid effort was to be co-ordinated by the Red Cross but it has no knowledge of the contents of the trucks or even their destination. Clearly, that is not what was agreed on and it is unsurprising that Ukraine is unwilling to allow the vehicles in. It's hard to beleive that Putin would be so stupid as to invade Ukraine at this late stage but, unfortunately, if he has acted stupidly from the start, which is why he's in the mess he's in.
Why should Ukraine have any say whatsoever as to whether or not a second country (Russia) sends an aid convoy to a third country (Donetsk People's Republic)?
Because Amerika is pushing this imposter regime..that THEY INSTALLED-DUH & DAH
WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?
"The US has warned Russia not to send humanitarian aid to easterners, claiming it would be a pretext for direct military intervention, echoing the Obama Administration’s own strategy in recent wars."
Brilliant phrasing! Even with the most evil projection of Russian intentions, it's still just a page out of the well used book of US intervention. One other possibility is that Russia indeed needs a "crime" from Ukraine to justify further action, just like the downing of MH17 might have been a "crime waiting to happen" – or at least it might have been interpreted by Russia as ruthless baiting considering the circumstantial evidence surrounding the event. It's not impossible that Russia wants to turn the attention away from whose rocket exactly was fired by whom, to draw it to a possible attack on some humanitarian relief convoy. Lets hope it's not really played this way as nothing good can come out of it.
Perhaps a MIG escort will cool down the warmongers in the white house.
Sounds like the deal is off?
http://rt.com/news/179740-humanitarian-aid-russia…
Bad news — No deal
Comes now the Ukraine fascist coup anarchy, not hardly a government and they to turn the agreement completely upside-down by demanding that all humanitarian goods be turned over to them to be distributed — if and when they so desire.
Surely, unless Russia starts using force, within the year NATO will have Ukraine filled with their military bases and nukes.
Surely, Russia should nationalize East Ukraine as the Western powers intent is regime change escalation no mater no matter what happens.
For USA,Obama and present Kiev governement people living in the saparatist region are not human beings -it is the only explanation of their attitude
I am getting real tired listening to all these threats from Washington.
Deal is on again: http://rt.com/news/179820-lavrov-convoy-ukraine-a…