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Artillery fire shakes eastern Ukraine as Russia accuses Kyiv of escalation
Artillery fire intensified as night fell with more civilian deaths reported. At least 15 people have died since the fighting around Avdiivka and Donetsk intensified in the last five days. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, separatists say more civilians killed in eastern flare-up
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of carrying out fresh artillery attacks on frontline residential areas in eastern Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties on both sides. …read more Source: Libya...
McCain says Russia testing U.S. in Ukraine, urges Trump to hit back
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia is testing President Donald Trump with a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine and the U.S. president should give Ukraine the lethal aid it needs to defend against the attacks, Senator John McCain said in a letter to Trump on Thursday. …read more Source: Libya...
Putin accuses Kiev of provoking flare-up in east Ukraine fighting
Russian President Vladimir Putin says it was a ploy to win the support of the administration of US President Trump. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
McCain calls on Trump to help Ukraine against Russia attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain asked President Donald Trump on Thursday to help Ukraine defend itself against an increase in recent attacks from Russia. …read more Source: Libya...
Putin accuses Kiev of provoking flare up in fighting in east Ukraine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Kiev of provoking this week’s flare up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a ploy to win the support of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. …read more Source: Libya...
In Ukraine: Toll rises from clashes as global concern mounts
The surge in clashes since Sunday have reignited fears of full-scale warfare returning to Ukraine after a relative lull. Ukraine’s military distributed gruel and tea on Thursday in a frontline town battered by five days of violence that has sparked global condemnation and killed at least 20 people.Government forces and Russian-backed...
EU’s Tusk calls on Russia to end violence in east Ukraine
European Council President Donald Tusk has called on Russia to use its influence with rebels in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
Odion Ighalo: Striker now Nigeria’s most expensive player
List of the 20 most expensive transfer of Nigerian footballers in Europe. Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo is now the most expensive Nigerian player following his €23.3m million from Watford to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.Ighalo sealed a move to the Chinese club where he will earn close to £200,000 per week. ALSO READ:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership: German media
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. …read more Source: Libya...
