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Relatives of MH17 crash victims attend memorial services on one-year anniversary
Families and friends of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash, which went down in the troubled eastern Ukraine a year ago, have joined emotional memorials in the Netherlands to pay tribute to their loved ones. According to Press TV, on Friday, flags flew at half-mast across the Netherlands as some 2,000 gathered in a sober and serene...
Pro-Russia forces shelling Ukraine army positions: Kiev
Ukrainian military authorities have accused pro-Russia forces of shelling army positions in the country’s conflict-ridden eastern parts despite a ceasefire deal agreed between Kiev and the pro-Russians in Belarus earlier this year. On Thursday, Ukrainian officials said pro-Russia forces had conducted nearly 100 attacks on army bases since...
Kiev breached truce 5 times in single day in Lugansk: Pro-Russians
The Ukrainian army has violated the terms of the Minsk peace agreement in the eastern region of Lugansk five times over the past 24 hours, pro-Russia forces say. Sources from pro-Russia forces operating in Ukraine’s east said Kiev’s forces breached the truce by shelling the Donetsky and Veselaya Gora villages using mortars and...
1.3mn eastern Ukrainians face water crisis: UNICEF
UNICEF says more than one million people in war-torn eastern Ukraine are in danger of a serious water crisis. The United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday that as many as 1.3 million people are now facing acute water shortages. UNICEF’s representative to Ukraine, Giovanna Barberis in a statement said: “Water is one of the most...
Canada, Ukraine to ink free trade deal
Canada and Ukraine are scheduled to sign a free trade agreement during a visit by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to the Canadian capital, Ottawa. According to reports, Yatsenyuk and his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, are slated to hold a signing ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday, when the former is due to arrive in Canada. “A free...
Russia sends humanitarian convoy to Ukraine’s Donbass
Russia is preparing to send its 32nd aid convoy to Ukraine’s east, where ongoing clashes between Kiev’s troops and pro-Russia forces have created a humanitarian crisis. According to Press TV, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry announced on Sunday that a convoy of vehicles left the Noginsky rescue center in Moscow Oblast, adding that...
5mn Ukrainians in dire situation: UN
The United Nations (UN) says the conflict in Ukraine has placed five million people in a dire situation requiring humanitarian aid. Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said on Friday in Geneva that the humanitarian crisis has affected almost one in nine of the total population and displaced...
Lavrov slams US claims of ‘Russian threat’
Russia has blasted remarks by US Air Force Secretary Deborah James who described Moscow as “the biggest threat to US security,” voicing concern over Washington’s attempts to create an “artificial atmosphere of hostility.” “As far as the statements from Washington are concerned, we have already got used to the fact that the [US] Department...
‘Russia greatest threat to US security’
US General Joseph Dunford, the nominee to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has told Congress that Russia poses the greatest security threat to the United States. According to media reports, Dunford told the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that Moscow poses a larger threat than the ISIL terrorist group and it is...
Brazil questions legitimacy of western sanctions against Russia
Brazil does not recognize the sanctions imposed against Russia over its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis as they hurt the economic situation in the region and their legitimacy raises doubts, Brazilian Minister of External Relations Mauro Vieira said. Vieira said on Wednesday that Brazil “considers unilateral sanctions (against...
