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Heavy shelling in east Ukraine
Heavy shelling around Donetsk increased strains on a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. ||| Donetsk, Ukraine – Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. Reuters reporters...
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk
Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk came under intense artillery fire early Sunday, in a level of combat not seen in the region since a barely-observed ceasefire was signed in September. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Kidnapped Ukrainian doctors freed in Libya
Two Ukrainian doctors kidnapped in Libya have been freed, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says. …read more Source:...
MH17 victims’ remains flown to Netherlands
Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, recently discovered remains of some of those on board have been flown back to the Netherlands. …read more Source:...
Remains of MH17 victims ‘may never be fully recovered’
All the remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 might never be fully recovered, the Dutch foreign minister says, as five more coffins were flown out of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia: US welcome to mediate Ukraine crisis
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov says that US involvement in resolving the conflict in Ukraine would be a “step in the right direction”, after meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry in Beijing. …read more Source:...
Australian PM to have ‘robust’ talk with Putin
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will have a “robust” conversation about downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Beijing. …read more Source:...
Russia stands by Ukraine ceasefire deal
Russia is committed to a two-month-old agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks held to build a peace moves involving government forces and separatists. …read more Source:...
More remains of MH17 passengers found
Rebel authorities in eastern Ukraine say more remains have been found at the Malaysia Airlines site that was shot down, killing 298 people. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says tanks enter from Russia, fighting kills five soldiers
Ukraine said on Friday (07/11/2014) that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory, as five servicemen were killed in fighting that made a mockery of a supposed ceasefire. A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons and 30 trucks carrying troops and equipment crossed the border into...
