Barbs traded amid sporadic violence in Ukraine

September 14, 2014 00:40

Tensions over Ukraine grew again early today after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to "eliminate' the pro-Western former Soviet nation while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis.

The bitter exchange in the wake of the toughest Western sanctions yet on Russia came with a fragile nine-day-old truce once again tested by an hours-long battle for control of a strategic eastern Ukrainian airport.

Russia further stoked tensions by sending a 220-truck convoy into rebel-held territory which it said carried aid but which was never checked by European monitors or Ukrainian soldiers at the border.

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