The Russian humanitarian convoy came into Ukraine without the permission tea carts of Kiev, through

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The Russian humanitarian convoy came into Ukraine without the permission tea carts of Kiev, through the pass of Izvaryne controlled by separatists. Days from the Ukrainian border guards held him at the border for "further inspection" after a few trucks had been found half-empty. What they contained? tea carts To smuggle weapons to the separatists, according to Kiev. But to be smuggled were first fears. The Ukrainian authorities fear the invasion and accuse Moscow of amassing troops on the border. Not only that, according tea carts to the Kiev convoy "humanitarian" would be a Trojan horse, a way to enter the country and freeze the conflict. A conflict that, among the thousands of victims, also records the death of Mykola Zelenec, Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Lugansk, tea carts kidnapped and killed by pro-Russian separatists.
In the plans of the Moscow humanitarian convoy - 280 truckloads of food, water, medicines, baby food, generators - would have to pass by Karkhiv, Ukraine, and continue to Lugansk and Donetsk of Ukraine with the support of the army. Kiev, denying any agreement with Moscow in this sense, tea carts has sent mixed messages, saying he was now willing to talk, but now accusing Moscow. The convoy started from the outskirts of Moscow on the night of 12 August, reached the city of Voronezh two days later.
From Voronezh branch off in two ways: to the east is the one for Kursk and then Kharkiv, Ukraine, towards the territory controlled by the government. To the south is the one for Kamensk-Shakthinsky, which then starts the road to Krasnodon and Lugansk through the territory controlled by the separatists. On the morning of August tea carts 15, the intentions of Moscow have seemed obvious: take the road towards the south, the convoy has given up on passing from Karkhiv then giving up any collaboration with the Ukrainian authorities and the International Red Cross, as had been announced. Arriving in Kamensk-Shakthinsky the convoy remained tea carts pending diplomatic developments now impossible. tea carts
Kiev has kept the convoy on the border, citing bureaucratic reasons, until the order came to move from Izvaryne through the territory occupied tea carts by separatists, thus violating the sovereignty of Ukraine. OSCE observers counted 227 trucks entered the territory of Ukraine in six groups. tea carts The Ukrainian government has responded by stating that it is a "direct invasion" while Moscow replied that "it would have been unacceptable tea carts to wait." Washington has urged Moscow to withdraw the train if you do not want to "suffer the consequences of his actions" and the German Chancellor, Angela tea carts Merkel, flew to Kiev to talk Poroshenko Brussels while also condemning the Russian action. Meanwhile, the Russian trucks seem to have taken the road back after delivering their cargo to the rebel authorities of Lugansk.
Between 25 and 26 July began the battle of Donetsk. After mid-July separatists, compelled by the offensive Ukrainian army, left Sloviansk, Artemivsk, Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk, the road to Donetsk was leveled and a victory for the government forces appear to be imminent. But Donetsk is a city like no other. With more than one million inhabitants, is one of the most important industrial centers of the country tea carts and you can not hit it with heavy artillery, as was the case in Sloviansk, nor bombard tea carts the surrounding villages. tea carts You can not, because as he said Rinat Akhmetov, the oligarch of the oligarchs, the most powerful man in the country, which in Donetsk has its own interests and its member companies, as well as its base of support and power. So when the rebels tea carts began to retreat from Sloviansk, Akhmetov went on television to say that "we must fight for the unity of the country" tea carts but you need a "dialogue with the rebels" because "Donetsk can not be bombed, not can destroy cities, villages, you can not destroy the infrastructure. "
Thus, the Ukrainian forces began a long siege, and the rebel forces - aware of what awaited them - they blew up the bridges leading into the city, closing the trap us