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Rocket hits Ukraine bus, 11 dead
Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured when a long-range Grad rocket, apparently fired by pro-Russian rebels, hit a bus. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Killer bus attack dooms Ukraine’s shaky truce
An attack on a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine which killed 11 people may be the final blow to hopes of a cease-fire. …read more Source:...
Ukraine bus attack kills 10
A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 10 people. ||| Kiev – A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government...
US pledges up to 2 billion to Ukraine
The United States will provide up to a 2-billion-dollar loan guarantee to Ukraine if it follows through with reforms agreed to with the International Monetary Fund. ||| Washington – The United States will provide up to a 2-billion-dollar loan guarantee to Ukraine if it follows through with reforms agreed to with the International Monetary...
Ukraine blames rebels for rocket attack on civilian bus
Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France scrap plans for a summit this week on the conflict as ceasefire fails …read more Source: Business...
News24.com | Ceasefire holds key to talks on Ukraine crisis – Russia
Talks on the Ukraine crisis can advance only when both sides observe a ceasefire in the country’s east to open the way for the full implementation of a four-month-old peace deal, Russia says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine tensions keep Putin away from Auschwitz anniversary
Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to join world leaders gathering at the site of the Auschwitz death camp this month because distrust caused by the conflict in Ukraine has cast a pall on arrangements to commemorate the Holocaust. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Oil’s plunge weighs on emerging markets
FALLING oil prices and a stronger dollar racked up the pressure on emerging equities and currencies yesterday, with Russia once again suffering most of the pain. ||| Karin Strohecker LondonFALLING oil prices and a stronger dollar racked up the pressure on emerging equities and currencies yesterday, with Russia once again suffering most of the...
News24.com | Diplomats meet to save Ukraine peace summit
Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia were meeting in Berlin to try and resolve tensions threatening to scupper a planned summit on ending the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Nato sees slight improvement in eastern Ukraine
Fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian rebels has eased in eastern Ukraine, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said, although he voiced concern about the risks to local people. …read more Source:...
