Ukraine says they only allowed the Russian aid convoy to proceed in order to avoid “provocations”

• did not give permission but informally allowed it through

All getting stranger and stranger to this bemused but concerned onlooker, as both sides appear to be playing very dangerous hands

• Ukraine foreign ministry condemns entry of Russian aid convoy as ” flagrant violation of Russia by main principles of international law”
• calls on its international partners to unite in a “decisive condemnation of illegal and aggressive actions”