Though the Red Cross reported an agreement on the inspection of a massive Russian humanitarian aid convoy, the trucks remained stalled at the border with Ukraine, waiting for security assurances.
The security guarantees are no small matter, with Ukraine engaged in active warfare along the border and claiming the Russian aid convoy is a plot to “invade” the country.
Russian media have claimed a statement from the Ukrainian Social Policy Ministry signed an order recognizing the convoy’s cargo as humanitarian in nature, though exactly when it will be allowed in remains unclear.
Technically, the Russian part of the aid delivery is over anyhow, as after the inspection the convoy will be transferred to the Red Cross, and they will take it through the Donetsk crossing to the sieged easterners. That will only happen, however, once the Red Cross is confident Ukraine won’t blow them up.
You must understand that Amerika's approval must be granted first…..Absolute ANTI-HUMAN FIILTH !
Yes, awaiting the AAMERIKan beasts's APPROVAL…
If the warmongers were looking for the key to open international warfare instead of internecine struggles in Ukraine, this is the event horizon. They are using the Red Cross as dupes to spring the linchpin of NATO/US war with Russia.
I can't figure out why though. Is this only the last gasps of the old US cold war dinosaurs who felt cheated when the USSR collapsed on it's own, robbing them the glory of claiming victory?
Inevitably, in any conflict, when a supporter of one side wants to enter the teritory of the other side, it will be suspected of some sort of trick. If the Russians were serious about providing humanitarian aid, they would have flown it down to Rostov. Equally logically, they would have sought first to aid those who have fled into Russia (quite a considerable number according to Mr Ditz) and left aid to those still in Ukraine to countries whose motives weren't suspect. Incidentally, why have we heard nothing about what Putin is doing for the people who've fled into Russia? One would have expected both Putin himself and his American supporters to be trumpeting loudly about how much St Vlad the Humanitarian was doing for those who had fled into his country. But ther's not a peep out of anybody!
"If the Russians were serious about providing humanitarian aid, they would have delivered it in the most expensive, most dangerous, least efficient way, because my fevered fantasies require that every new development expose Putin as a fool, cornered, or both."
There, fixed that for ya.
There's this notion going around that the US is trying to lure Russia into invading Ukraine. I don't see it. In fact if I was conjuring conspiratorial scenarios I would suggest just the opposite: that the US is trying to ***convince*** everyone that it is setting a trap and wants Putin/Russia to invade, but that this is a psyops play intended to worry Putin(fail) into holding off.
Now you might say this is a bit convoluted, but consider: militarily, Putin holds all the cards. The Russian military is substantial, modern(mostly), trained and ready and right there on Ukraine's eastern border (as well as a half-hour's drive from Kiev), while the Ukrainian military is junk. The EU NATO forces have a very limited capability without direct US participation. Perhaps the most important fact: a NATO vs Russia military confrontation would be a European affair where all of Europe would be at risk in the perilous likelihood of escalation. This makes me believe that in the brinksmanship preamble, the posturing and barking and threatening, the European cohort might be persuaded to feign enthusiasm, on the one hand pandering to the US demand for "alliance cooperation", and on the other hand hoping to convince Putin to back off. But I do not believe for a moment that the European nations, both NATO and non-NATO, will allow themselves to be suckered into being US stooges in a proxy war between the US and Russia on European territory. The Europeans — unlike the Neo-conned US — are not that stupid,…… and certainly not that psychotic. The Neocons (the Israeli lobby) have substantial influence in Europe, but are not controlling as in the US.)