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About 730 000 have left Ukraine for Russia
About 730 000 Ukrainians have left the country for Russia this year, the European head of the United Nations agency for refugees says. …read more Source:...
Putin orders Russia govt response to sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has ordered the government to develop measures in response to Western sanctions. …read more Source:...
Russia announces air defence exercise near Ukraine
Russia has announced large-scale air defence exercises along the border with Ukraine, further raising military tensions in the region. …read more Source:...
Malaysian experts expected at MH17 crash site
Malaysian experts will visit the site of the downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine for the first time, joining Dutch and Australian police as they continued combing the area for remains. …read more Source:...
Germany scraps $140m arms deal with Russia
Germany has stopped a major deal to provide a fully equipped training camp to Russian forces due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the government says. …read more Source:...
No more remains found at MH17 site
The head of a team of international investigators says more personal belongings of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in eastern Ukraine have been found, but no human remains. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s army on outskirts of rebel stronghold
Fighting is raging on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tries to seize control of the pro-Russian separatists’ stronghold. …read more Source:...
MH17 site search resumes
International experts have pushed with their probe at the crash site of flight MH17 in Ukraine after President Obama called on Russia to heed international pressure to defuse the civil war tearing apart its neighbour. …read more Source:...
Shelling forces experts to leave MH17 crash site
Shelling close to the vast crash site of downed flight MH17 has forced international investigators to cut short a visit to an area where some of the jet’s wreckage is lying. …read more Source:...
Soldier selfie ‘may confirm’ Moscow role in Ukraine
Photos taken by a Russian soldier have sparked controversy after it was revealed they may have been taken in Ukraine, despite Moscow’s denials that its troops have intervened in the conflict across the border. …read more Source:...
