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                Ukraine Military Clashes with Separatist Convoy

   by VOA News

   Ukraine says government forces have battled with a convoy of separatist
   armored vehicles near the Russian border.

   Military sources say the convoy was stopped Monday as it was advancing
   near a town on the Azov Sea.

   The French News Agency quotes a Ukrainian official as saying the convoy
   entered the country from Russia.

   Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that
   Moscow wants to send another humanitarian aid convoy to eastern
   Ukraine.

   Lavrov said Russia sent an official note to Kyiv Sunday with
   information about the new aid convoy, including information about the
   type of aid that will be delivered.

   Russia has faced extreme criticism from Kyiv and the West for its
   recent aid convoy to the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Luhansk.

   The convoy was conducted without official approval from Kyiv. Russia
   also did not wait for the International Committee of the Red Cross to
   complete its inspection procedures.

   Lavrov said Russia wants to send the second convoy as soon as
   possible.  He said Russia wants to reach an agreement on "all
   conditions" for delivering the new round of aid on the same route as
   the first.

   The more than 200 trucks from Russia's first round of aid to Ukraine
   returned to Russia Saturday without incident.

   Ukraine and its allies had expressed fears Russia could use the aid
   trucks to smuggle arms to pro-Russian separatists inside Ukraine, or
   use the convoy as a prelude to a full-scale military operation.
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