Ukraine crisis....it is looking very serious now

The convoy is due to arrive at the border of Ukraine later today , but the trucks will be checked by the Red Cross and other Agencies before the Border is crossed. Apparently Russia tricked Georgia with similar convoys which turned out to be full of Ammunitions etc.

The latest report is that the situation is very tense, 200 Trucks parked near the border of Luhansk. Putin insists it is food etc but he has not agreed to the UN inspection and if he ignores the UN and enters Luhansk he is violating Ukraine soil .

This is all tit-for-tat Politics and started because Russia did not want Ukraine to join the EU. Putin is powerful but with the sanctions imposed and now Russians denied so much food maybe the Government will intervene.

http://news.sky.com/story/1318536/heavy-shelling-heard-in-rebel-held-donetsk


"The shelling follows the resignation of pro-Russian separatist leader Valery Bolotov, head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.

Mr Bolotov said he had been injured and could no longer continue his role.

His resignation came as a Russian aid convoy resumed its journey toward Ukraine, taking the road leading south towards rebel-held Luhansk.

The convoy of roughly 262 vehicles had been parked at a military depot in the southern Russian city of Voronezh since late on Tuesday."

Apparently there are talks between Russia and the UN

The convoy is still heading towards Luhansk showing Red cross Mission on the trucks which the red cross say is untrue. If they go over the Border, Kiev says they are trespassing aand will take action. The situation is very tense and I suspect Putin is taking advantage of the Iraq crisis distracting the U.S.

http://news.sky.com/

At the news Share prices tumbled, Ukraines' Foreign Minister is to meet his Russian counterpart on Sunday

http://news.sky.com/story/1319564/russia-assures-us-over-humanitarian-convoy

The news last night showed a truck opening up to show foodstuffs.......presumably all the trucks will be opened up and if no weapons are found Kiev will have to apologise, but Russia was wrong to try to cross the Border and Putin is still the Villain.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/breaking-ukraine-rebels-shoot-down-kiev-mig-29-fighter-jet-1461465

The Pilot bailed out but this is an example of Russia supplying Arms and Russian experts to teach the Ukrainian Rebels. If the U.S. wasn't so tied up with the Iraq crisis Obama would be investigating this.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/08/15/idesk-ripley-ukraine-russian-armored-convoy.cnn.html

This CNN report confirms it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11062950/Ukraine-Russia-crisis-live.html

This is the latest news on Ukraine, seems the crisis has escalated and Putin is deliberately ignoring the rights of the Ukrainian Government,, what happens next???

The Ukraine Government has made it known they want to join NATO. Putin is not bothered about threats by the EU because this will never be published in the Russian Press. The Russian economy is in a poor state anyway and Putin knows that the European Countries using Gazprom will be worried with Winter looming. This is a Reporters' view of the situation but Putiin  is not a popular PM and if the sanctions bite and the
Oligarks turn against him, he could be ousted.

http://news.sky.com/story/1326714/putin-ukraine-assault-like-nazis-in-ww2

Residents of Mariupol formed a human chain across the road as a protest that they do not want change.