Russia Aid Convoy

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  Air Strikes Hit Aid Convoy As Syria Says Ceasefire Over

  Syrian or Russian aircraft struck an aid convoy near Aleppo on Monday and killed 12 people, according to a war monitor, as the Syrian military declared a one-week truce brokered by the United States and Russia over.

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  Russia Announces Daily Ceasefires In Syria's Aleppo To Let In Aid

  Russia said on Wednesday there would be daily three-hour ceasefires in Syria's Aleppo starting Thursday to allow humanitarian convoys to enter the city safely, a proposal which the United Nations said it would consider.

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  United Nations Sends Aid To Syria As Turkey Calls For Ground Operation

  UN convoys delivering aid to thousands of besieged Syrians were due to set out on Wednesday, but hopes for lasting peace dimmed the day after Turkey called for a ground operation in its war-torn neighbour.

• Russia Announces New Convoy on Eve of Delicate Ukraine Talks

  Russia wants to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, introducing a likely new topic of discord on the eve of crucial talks between the two countries' leaders.

• Russia Plans Another Aid Convoy to Ukraine: Foreign Minister

  Moscow has informed Kiev that it intends to send a second humanitarian aid convoy into rebel-held eastern Ukraine in the coming days, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

• Trucks From Aid Convoy to Ukraine Start Crossing Back into Russia

  Trucks from a Russian aid convoy started crossing back into Russia on Saturday after unleashing a storm of anger in Western capitals a day earlier by driving into Ukraine without the permission of the government in Kiev.

• Russian Aid Trucks Begin to Leave Ukraine

  Some of the trucks in a Russian aid convoy that entered Ukraine in a move denounced by Kiev as an invasion are returning to Russia.

• US Says Russia Must Pull Convoy From Ukraine or Face More Sanctions

  The United States demanded Moscow remove an aid convoy it sent into rebel-held eastern Ukraine without permission on Friday, accusing Russia of a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of its former Soviet neighbour and threatening more sanctions.

• UN Security Council to Meet Over Russia Aid Convoy

  The United Nations Security Council is to hold emergency consultations on Friday after Russia sent an aid convoy rolling into eastern Ukraine.

• Ukraine Accuses Russia of Invasion After Aid Convoy Crosses Border

  Ukraine declared on Friday that Russia had launched a "direct invasion" of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces.

• Russian Aid Convoy Drives Into Ukraine

  The first trucks in a Russian aid convoy crossed into eastern Ukraine on Friday, seemingly without Kiev's approval, after more than a week's delay amid suspicions the mission was being used as a cover for an invasion by Moscow.

• Russia Masses Military Vehicles as Aid Convoy Waits Near Ukraine Border

  Dozens of heavy Russian military vehicles massed on Friday near the border with Ukraine, where a huge Russian convoy with humanitarian aid came to a halt as Moscow and Kiev struggled to agree on border crossing procedures.

• Ukraine Accuses Russia of Cynicism Over Convoy; Death Toll Rises Sharply

  Ukraine denounced Russia's dispatch of a humanitarian aid convoy now advancing towards the border as an act of unbounded cynicism serving pro-Russian separatists, and the UN said the death toll in fighting had doubled in the last two weeks to over 2,000.

• Ukraine Says May Block Russian Aid Convoy

  A Russian convoy of trucks carrying tonnes of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Russian rebels, but Kiev said it would not allow the vehicles to cross onto its territory.

• Russia Sends 280 Trucks with Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

  A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off on Tuesday amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion.