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Russia’s Putin warns of ‘sabotage’ plots against Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Crimean officials to be on the alert for acts of sabotage by foreign-trained elements. According to Press TV, Putin said on Wednesday at a meeting on regional security in Crimea’s naval port city of Sevastopol “It’s obvious that a risk remains from outside forces to destabilize the...
US anti-Iran bans no concern of Russia’s in S-300 sale: Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow does not care about the United States’ unilateral sanctions against Iran over the delivery of the Russian-made S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to the Islamic Republic. According to Press TV, Lavrov told journalists in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday “The US...
Ukraine economy minister due in Iran for trade talks
Ukraine’s minister of economy and trade says he will soon pay an official visit to Iran to discuss the existing grounds for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. The announcement by the Ukrainian minister comes at a time that high-ranking officials from other European countries have already visited Iran following the...
Putin plunges deep in Black Sea to visit ancient shipwreck
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a ride in a submersible to visit the remains of an ancient shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula. According to Press TV, Putin embarked on his 45-minute underwater expedition on Tuesday to have a glimpse of the newly-found sunken Byzantine galley on the Black Sea’s bed in the vicinity of...
Fresh surge of violence kills 10 in east Ukraine
At least 10 people have been killed and several others injured in the latest uptick of violence in east Ukraine. According to the reports, heavy fighting continued Monday around the Ukrainian city of Donetsk with government officials confirming that three people were killed during overnight clashes in the area. The Donetsk News Agency, which...
Nearly 1,300 people killed in Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk since start of 2015
Almost 1,300 people were killed in shelling by the Ukraine forces in the self-proclaimed Donetsk since the beginning of 2015, Donetsk office of human rights ombudsperson said on Sunday. “Since the start of 2015, 1,287 people have died – 1,088 men and 199 women,” the office said. More than 1,100 people have been injured in DPR...
Kiev used phosphorous bombs in east: Russian investigation
Russia’s main federal investigating authority says there is evidence demonstrating that the Ukrainian armed forces have used modern analogues of phosphorous bombs against civilians in Ukraine’s volatile eastern provinces. “We have received irrefutable evidence of the use by the Kiev forces of weaponry similar to phosphorus bombs,”...
Russia expands food imports embargo to non-EU states
Russia has added several non-EU European nations to a list of countries from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the decision during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, arguing that the new countries recently joined the European Union’s...
Kiev forces shell Donetsk, kill one
Kiev forces shelled Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, and killed one local citizen and injured three others, the mayor’s office said on Thursday. The massive overnight shelling hit the villages of Staromikhaylovka, Gorkogo and Oktyabrsky, the Donetsk news agency said. “One person died and three people were injured”. Two civilians were...
Ukraine claims repelled tank assault by pro-Russians
The Ukrainian government says its forces have repelled a recent tank assault by pro-Russia fighters in troubled eastern Ukraine. According to the reports, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that about “200 insurgents used tanks to storm” Novolaspa village in Donetsk region in a pre-dawn raid. The village is...
