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    Russia massing troops on Ukraine border
    Jul30

    Russia massing troops on Ukraine border

    Wednesday, July 30 , 2014 - 22:50 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    The number of Russian troops and weaponry along the border with Ukraine is increasing and is well over 12 000. …read more Source:...

    Australia rules out new sanctions against Russia
    Jul30

    Australia rules out new sanctions against Russia

    Wednesday, July 30 , 2014 - 18:07 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Australia’s PM says that he is not considering sanctions against Russia while his government focuses on retrieving Australian victims from the wreckage of the Malaysian flight MH17. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine army retakes town from rebel bastion
    Jul30

    Ukraine army retakes town from rebel bastion

    Wednesday, July 30 , 2014 - 14:13 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Ukraine’s army says that it had retaken a town on the outskirts of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk, and intercepted another convoy of vehicles crossing over from Russia. …read more Source:...

    US slaps more sanctions on Russia
    Jul30

    US slaps more sanctions on Russia

    Wednesday, July 30 , 2014 - 10:43 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    President Barack Obama has declared that the United States will join the European Union in slapping new sanctions on Russia’s energy sector, arms industry and financial institutions. …read more Source:...

    MH17 victim’s father urges Ukraine fighting lull
    Jul29

    MH17 victim’s father urges Ukraine fighting lull

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 23:44 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    The father of a British MH17 victim said fighting in the Ukrainian plane crash zone should end to facilitate the repatriation of victims, after he met Prime Minister David Cameron. …read more Source:...

    Civilians killed in Ukraine amid fierce fighting
    Jul29

    Civilians killed in Ukraine amid fierce fighting

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 22:55 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed at least 19 civilians, local officials have said. …read more Source:...

    Dutch PM asks fighting to cease near crash site
    Jul29

    Dutch PM asks fighting to cease near crash site

    Tuesday, July 29 , 2014 - 17:18 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to ask Ukrainian forces to stop fighting around the MH17 crash site. …read more Source:...

    Kiev wrests control of part of MH17 site
    Jul28

    Kiev wrests control of part of MH17 site

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Ukraine’s army has seized control of part of the vast site where Malaysian airliner MH17 crashed, as the UN announced the downing of the plane could constitute a war crime. …read more Source:...

    MH17 investigators turn back after ‘explosions’
    Jul28

    MH17 investigators turn back after ‘explosions’

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 20:15 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    Dutch and Australian forensic investigators on their way to the MH17 crash site have turned back after ‘explosions’ in the area, a government spokesperson says. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine troops advance, investigators stymied
    Jul28

    Ukraine troops advance, investigators stymied

    Monday, July 28 , 2014 - 18:13 (EET) Section: News24 (South Africa)

    At least three civilians have been killed in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine as government troops pressed ahead with their campaign against pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...