Ukraine Organizes Aid as Russian Convoy Said Near Border
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Ukraine sent its own aid to the country’s war-torn east as a Russian convoy with emergency supplies neared the border in defiance of conditions set by the government in Kiev.
President Vladimir Putin, visiting the Crimea peninsula he annexed from Ukraine in March, said Russia shouldn’t isolate itself and pledged to work to halt the conflict that’s flared for months between pro-Russian separatists and government forces, killing more than 1,500 people, according to United Nations estimates. The U.S and the European Union have slapped sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals, and Ukraine’s parliament passed a bill today allowing similar measures.