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| Russia to send second aid convoy to eastern Ukraine | Russia to send second aid convoy to eastern Ukraine |
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| Russia has announced plans to send a second aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many buildings in ruins. | Russia has announced plans to send a second aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many buildings in ruins. |
| Russia unilaterally sent about 200 tractor-trailers across the border on Friday, a move characterised by the Kiev government as an invasion. | Russia unilaterally sent about 200 tractor-trailers across the border on Friday, a move characterised by the Kiev government as an invasion. |
| Even though the white-tarpaulined vehicles returned to Russia on Saturday without incident, the announcement of another convoy is likely to raise fresh suspicions that Russia is supplying the rebels. | |
| Russia's unilateral dispatch of over 200 trucks into Ukraine on Friday was denounced by the Ukrainian government as an invasion and condemned by the US, the European Union and Nato. | Russia's unilateral dispatch of over 200 trucks into Ukraine on Friday was denounced by the Ukrainian government as an invasion and condemned by the US, the European Union and Nato. |
| The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Monday that Russia had notified the Ukrainian government that it was preparing to send a second convoy along the same route in the coming days. | |
| Lavrov also said the food, water and other goods delivered to the hard-hit rebel city of Luhansk by the first convoy were being distributed on Monday with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. | Lavrov also said the food, water and other goods delivered to the hard-hit rebel city of Luhansk by the first convoy were being distributed on Monday with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. |
| There was no immediate confirmation by the Red Cross. | There was no immediate confirmation by the Red Cross. |
| In sending in the first convoy, Russia said it had lost patience with what it called Ukraine's stalling tactics. It claimed that soon "there will no longer be anyone left to help" in Luhansk, where weeks of heavy shelling have cut off power, water and communications and made food scarce. | In sending in the first convoy, Russia said it had lost patience with what it called Ukraine's stalling tactics. It claimed that soon "there will no longer be anyone left to help" in Luhansk, where weeks of heavy shelling have cut off power, water and communications and made food scarce. |
| The Ukrainian government in the past few weeks has been making strong gains, taking back territory from the rebels. It believed the aid convoy was a ploy by Russia to get supplies to the rebels and slow down the government advances. | The Ukrainian government in the past few weeks has been making strong gains, taking back territory from the rebels. It believed the aid convoy was a ploy by Russia to get supplies to the rebels and slow down the government advances. |
| On Sunday, as Ukraine celebrated the anniversary of its 1991 independence from Moscow, the president, Petro Poroshenko, announced the government would be increasing its military spending in a bid to defeat the rebels. | |
| In rebel-held Donetsk, captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded on Sunday in the streets, jeered by the crowd and pelted with eggs and tomatoes. | In rebel-held Donetsk, captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded on Sunday in the streets, jeered by the crowd and pelted with eggs and tomatoes. |