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Some Russian Aid Trucks Are Nearly Empty, Reporters Find Some Russian Aid Trucks Are Nearly Empty, Reporters Find
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As the fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine, and officials in Kiev and Moscow continue to trade claims about the movement of Russian armored vehicles close to or across the border between the two countries, reporters discovered on Friday that several of the white trucks in what Russia has described as a humanitarian aid convoy are nearly empty, which has only deepened the mystery about the Kremlin’s intentions for the mission.As the fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine, and officials in Kiev and Moscow continue to trade claims about the movement of Russian armored vehicles close to or across the border between the two countries, reporters discovered on Friday that several of the white trucks in what Russia has described as a humanitarian aid convoy are nearly empty, which has only deepened the mystery about the Kremlin’s intentions for the mission.
Journalists traveling with the convoy, including Steve Rosenberg of the BBC, Courtney Weaver of The Financial Times and Alexander Roslyakov of The Associated Press, reported that some of the trucks parked near the border are carrying scarcely any goods at all.Journalists traveling with the convoy, including Steve Rosenberg of the BBC, Courtney Weaver of The Financial Times and Alexander Roslyakov of The Associated Press, reported that some of the trucks parked near the border are carrying scarcely any goods at all.
Several reporters following the aid convoy also posted images of Russian military vehicles nearing Ukraine. Several reporters following the aid convoy also posted images of Russian military vehicles, some marked as part of an as-yet-unauthorized peacekeeping mission, close to the border with Ukraine.
Late in the day, The Guardian correspondent Shaun Walker and Roland Oliphant of The Telegraph reported seeing unmarked armored vehicles, accompanied by support trucks with Russian military license plates, cross the border into Ukraine. On Thursday night, two convoy-trackers, The Guardian correspondent Shaun Walker and Roland Oliphant of The Telegraph reported seeing unmarked armored vehicles, accompanied by support trucks with Russian military license plates, cross the border into Ukraine.
It appears, as Mr. Walker suggested, that this movement of Russian military equipment into rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine has been going on for some time, but until now has not been witnessed by journalists.It appears, as Mr. Walker suggested, that this movement of Russian military equipment into rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine has been going on for some time, but until now has not been witnessed by journalists.
As views of the less-than-packed interiors of the aid trucks circulated online, cynics suggested that the Russian aid convoy might simply be a propaganda move, as hollow as Potemkin’s villages. As views of the less-than-packed interiors of the aid trucks circulated online, cynics suggested that the Russian aid convoy might simply be a propaganda move, as hollow as “Potemkin’s villages.”