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Many questions for family of Flight 17 victim
The brother of Malaysian oil worker Karamjit Singh, who died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine on 17 July is urging authorities to speed up their probe into the accident. …read more Source:...
West hits Russia with new sanctions
The West has hit Russia with new sanctions over its role in the Ukraine conflict after Kiev admitted losing more ground to the rebels. …read more Source:...
EU proposes new Ukraine, Russian gas talks
Brussels says it has invited Russia and Ukraine to hold new EU-brokered talks in Berlin in a bid to end their dispute over gas deliveries. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s displaced just want to go home
For the Ukrainians who fled the war zones of the east, life has become a grim daily grind of battling red tape and trying to find food, jobs and shelter. …read more Source:...
East Ukraine city hit by shells during cease-fire
Shelling has continued in Ukraine despite a cease-fire, injuring one woman, the city council of Donetsk says. …read more Source:...
MH17 likely downed by outside impacts
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded. …read more Source:...
Ukraine MH17 initial crash report due
A highly anticipated preliminary report into what brought down Malaysia flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine is set to be released, hoping to shed light on the air disaster that claimed 298 lives. …read more Source:...
EU ready to review Russia sanctions if ceasefire holds
Brussels is “ready to review” new sanctions it plans to impose on Russia if a truce between pro-Moscow rebels and the Ukraine holds. …read more Source:...
Putin, Poroshenko to continue dialogue
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko agreed in a phone conversation to continue dialogue aimed at ending the conflict in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: 1 200 captives held by rebels now free
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced on that 1 200 captives held by pro-Russian rebels have been freed. …read more Source:...
