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Obama ‘deeply concerned’ about latest violence in Ukraine
President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t chan …read more Source: The New...
UN blasts Ukraine rebel offensive
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, as rebels launch a new offensive. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 29 people, authorities have said. …read more Source:...
Ten killed in Mariupol shelling
A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire, killing at least 10 people, police said. ||| Kiev, Ukraine – A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire on Saturday morning, killing at least 10 people, regional police...
News24.com | Ukraine says ‘Russian terrorists’ launch new offensive
Ukraine says “Russian terrorist groups” have launched a mass new offensive across the frontline dividing the war-torn country’s industrial east. …read more Source:...
Putin blames Kiev for fighting, civilian deaths in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed on Friday what he said were Kiev’s “criminal orders” for a surge in fighting in east Ukraine in which civilians have been killed. …read more Source: The Sunday...
News24.com | Ukraine rebels say 24 fighters killed by rockets at airport
Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
More than 5,000 killed in Ukraine since April, toll may be far higher: UN
The death toll in the conflict in Ukraine that began last April now exceeds 5,000 and may be far more, the United Nations human rights office said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
News24.com | Pro-Russia rebels cement hold on Ukraine airport
Pro-Russian rebels have cemented their hold on a long-disputed airport ceded by Ukrainian troops during an upsurge in clashes that killed at least 50 people. …read more Source:...
Ukraine surrenders airport to rebels
Ukrainian forces on Thursday ceded a long-disputed airport to Russian-backed rebels as an upsurge in clashes killed nearly 50 people. …read more Source:...
