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      News24.com | Kremlin aide directed Kiev snipers – Poroshenko
      Feb20

      News24.com | Kremlin aide directed Kiev snipers – Poroshenko

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 18:23 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says police evidence showed that a top Russian presidential aide, Vladislav Surkov, has directed “foreign sniper groups” who shot and killed protesters in Kiev. …read more Source:...

      Clashes continue in eastern Ukraine
      Feb20

      Clashes continue in eastern Ukraine

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 11:53 (EET) Section: Independent Online (South Africa)

      Ukraine’s military says pro-Russian separatists have attacked positions held by government troops 49 times in the past 24 hours. ||| Kiev – Fighting persisted in east Ukraine on Friday despite new European efforts to ensure a ceasefire takes hold. The Ukrainian military said pro-Russian separatists had attacked positions held by...

      Rebels pledge prisoner exchange as Ukraine ceasefire teeters
      Feb20

      Rebels pledge prisoner exchange as Ukraine ceasefire teeters

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 11:53 (EET) Section: Sunday Times (South Africa)

      Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine promised to start exchanging prisoners, in a possible boost to a ceasefire that the US accuses separatists of repeatedly violating. …read more Source: The Sunday...

      What happened to Kiev protesters?
      Feb20

      What happened to Kiev protesters?

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 10:53 (EET) Section: iafrica (South Africa)

      A year after the Kiev uprising that ousted Viktor Yanukovych, families are still searching for loved ones. …read more Source:...

      News24.com | Leaders renew backing of tattered Ukraine ceasefire
      Feb20

      News24.com | Leaders renew backing of tattered Ukraine ceasefire

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 10:38 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

      The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia have renewed support for a tattered ceasefire in eastern Ukraine despite violations – including the storming of a key town by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...

      Leaders push to enforce Ukrainian truce as separatists seize Debaltseve
      Feb20

      Leaders push to enforce Ukrainian truce as separatists seize Debaltseve

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 9:08 (EET) Section: Business Day (South Africa)

      Western nations are refusing to give up on a peace deal brokered by France and Germany …read more Source: Business...

      UK intercepts Russian military aircraft
      Feb20

      UK intercepts Russian military aircraft

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 9:08 (EET) Section: Business Day (South Africa)

      UK escorts two Russian military aircraft flying close to the British coastline amid tension between Nato countries and Russia over the conflict in Ukraine …read more Source: Business...

      Peace deal blown out of water
      Feb20

      Peace deal blown out of water

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 8:53 (EET) Section: Herald LIVE (South Africa)

      Putin in driving seat as Ukraine erupts FIGHTING raged in eastern Ukraine yesterday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists who spurned the truce forced thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. Western nations have refused to give up on a peace deal negotiated last week even...

      Leaders renew Ukraine ‘ceasefire’
      Feb20

      Leaders renew Ukraine ‘ceasefire’

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 8:23 (EET) Section: iafrica (South Africa)

      The leaders of Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia pledged renewed support for a tattered ceasefire. …read more Source:...

      Retreating soldiers bring echoes of war’s chaos to Ukrainian town
      Feb20

      Retreating soldiers bring echoes of war’s chaos to Ukrainian town

      Friday, February 20 , 2015 - 7:23 (EET) Section: Sunday Times (South Africa)

      As violence continued to plague eastern Ukraine, demoralized Ukrainian soldiers straggled into the town of Artemivsk, griping about incompetent leadership and recounting desperate conditions and gruesome killing as they beat a haphazard retreat from the strategic town of Debaltseve. …read more Source: The Sunday...