MOSCOW — The huge convoy of Russian trucks that entered war-torn eastern Ukraine on Friday, sharply escalating tensions, returned to Russia on Saturday after unloading food and medicine in the city of Luhansk, and the Russian government quickly declared its satisfaction with the operation.
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People download Russian humanitarian aid goods from a truck in Lugansk, on August 23, 2014. All of the trucks in Moscow's controversial aid shipment to rebel-held parts of Ukraine returned to Russia on August 23, OSCE monitors said. Kiev had accused Russia of invading Ukraine, while the West warned that the move could lead to an escalation in the four-month conflict. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER People download Russian humanitarian aid goods from a truck in Lugansk, on August 23, 2014. All of the trucks in Moscow's controversial aid shipment to rebel-held parts of Ukraine returned to Russia on August 23, OSCE monitors said. Kiev had accused Russia of invading Ukraine, while the West warned that the move could lead to an escalation in the four-month conflict. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
