Russian 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.

• 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.

• Tensions Over Russian Aid Convoy as Angela Merkel Heads to Kiev

  Parts of a mammoth aid convoy from Moscow on Saturday crossed back from rebel-held east Ukraine to Russian territory, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel jetted into Kiev for crisis talks.

• 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.

• 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.

• Senior Red Cross Official in Kiev for Talks on Aid Convoy

  A senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in Kiev on Thursday for talks on the delivery of Russian aid to eastern Ukraine, an ICRC spokeswoman said.

• 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.

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  Rupee Extends Gains, Closes at 61.08 Per Dollar

  While the week started with sentiment weighed in favour of emerging market currencies due to hopes for easing political tensions, reports on Tuesday of a Russian aid convoy heading to Ukraine yet again increased concerns.

• 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.