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Humanitarian convoy. Right or wrong?


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The last couple of weeks the tension between Ukraine and Russia has risen to an extreme height. The civil war in the East of Ukraine and the pressure that is laid upon both sides is huge. Russia is being sanctioned by the European Union while Russia boycotts our vegetable market.
In the last weeks there seemed to be a little advance in the agreements made between Ukraine and Russia. There would be a convoy of Russian truck which would deliver humanitarian sustain to the areas which were closed in by the separatists and the Ukrainian Army.  

It all seemed to be going the right way until the trucks came to the border of Ukraine, all the trucks would have to be checked on military material. Putin claimed that this was a strategic uphold of the Ukraine government. While on the other hand the Ukrainian government does not want Russia to support the separatists with weapons or any other material.
Finally there was some movement of trucks crossing the border a couple of days ago. They moved further into Ukraine. However yesterday a bunch of trucks crossed the border without any checks or permission from the Ukraine government. Should Ukraine stop the trucks or should they be happy and accept the humanitarian convoy send by Russia? 

Of course there is something to say for both sides. The Washington Post claims that the trucks entering Ukraine is a 'direct invasion'. What is said in this article is that Russia has entered Ukraine with 130 trucks without the permission of the Ukraine government. Ukraine has of course full rights over its own borders and another country is not directly allowed to cross these borders without permission.
On the other hand, Russia is trying to help the people who are stuck in Lugansk with sending these goods. News-site Quartz published an article which claims that Vladimir Putin is buying time for the separatists with the bringing in of the so-called Aid-Convoy. But then Russia is still sending in humanitarian aid even though it might be under different reasons then they say. 

Tensions between east and west have not been a common thing for a long time in Europe. Economically and politically we were working more and more the last two decades, these bonds have now been broken it seems.
Let's just hope this situation will not go out of control any further. 

Sources: - http://qz.com/253835/putins-humanitarian-convoy-dims-hope-for-peace-and-buys-time-for-ukraines-separatists/ 
              - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russian-humanitarian-convoy-enters-ukraine-despite-warnings/2014/08/22/7b14fa8e-29e1-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html
              - http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/22844
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