UK summons Russia envoy over Ukraine

Britain has summoned Russia’s ambassador to London for explanations about the current events in Ukraine.

The Foreign Office said in a statement on Friday that Alexander Yakovenko was summoned over reports of Russian vehicles crossing Ukraine’s border.

The ambassador was also called to explain Russia’s “continued buildup of equipment” on the border.

British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday, raising concerns over the recent events in Ukraine.

Ukraine said that it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy. A spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, however, said no Russian military vehicles were destroyed because none had crossed into Ukraine.

Reports say the convoy of Russian humanitarian aid of about 300 vehicles has been parked at a military depot in southern Russia amid disagreement between Moscow and Kiev over how and where it would cross into Ukraine.

Russia says it seeks to provide the people in eastern Ukraine with 2,000 tons of water, baby food and other humanitarian aid. Moscow insists it has coordinated the dispatch of the goods with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

However, the government in Kiev and some Western states have reportedly said the humanitarian aid convoy could be a cover for a Russian military “incursion” into Ukraine.

Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia protesters and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to stifle the pro-Russian protests.

The political unrest in eastern Ukraine has so far claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people, according to figures by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

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