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Two Ukraine soldiers charged with killing pro-Russia civilians
Ukraine has charged two government forces with killing two civilians in the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk. According to pro-Kiev officials in the Donetsk prosecutor’s office on Wednesday, the two soldiers were accused of committing premeditated murder, for which they may be sentenced to over seven years in jail and even life in...
Russia bans to stay in place until 2016
Ambassadors from the European Union member states have agreed to prolong until 2016 the bloc’s punitive measures against what they called Russia involvement in Ukraine’s crisis. On Wednesday, the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives reached an agreement on extending bloc’s economic sanctions against Moscow by six more...
Russia says ‘reluctant’ to enter arms race with US
A top aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin says Moscow refuses to engage in a costly new arms race with the US, adding, however, that Russia will not back down in the face of possible threats. The comments by Yury Ushakov on Wednesday came one day after Putin announced that Russia’s nuclear arsenal would be beefed up by 40 new...
Poland, Lithuania in talks with US over heavy weaponry warehouses
Poland and Lithuania are discussing plans for permanent stationing of US army equipment, officials from the two countries say, Press TV reported. Following a report about storing the United States heavy weaponry in Baltic states in the backdrop of a crisis in Ukraine, the Polish Defense Ministry said in a tweet on Sunday that Warsaw was also in...
Cyber attack on Bundestag infects Merkel office computer: Report
A recent cyber-attack that hit the lower house of the German parliament also affected one of the computers in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in the legislative body, a new report says. According to a report, the Bild newspaper said on Sunday that the cyber attack that hit the Bundestag in May also “infected” a computer system in...
OSCE warns of intensifying skirmishes in E Ukraine
A senior official of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has warned of intensifying skirmishes in eastern Ukraine despite a truce, even in areas where there had been little violence in the past. As quoted in a DPA report, OSCE’s Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug on Friday said “It is an escalation.”...
Americans support military force against Russia if necessary: Poll
A majority of people in the United States are supporting a military strike against Russia in response to an attack by Moscow on a NATO country, according to a new survey. The poll conducted by the Pew Research Center showed Wednesday that 56 percent of Americans back a military response. The result is in sharp contrast with the European countries...
Local administration: Kindergarten, hospital damaged in Donetsk shelling
A kindergarten, hospital and eight houses have been damaged by massive artillery shelling of Donetsk. Itar-Tass reported that the press service of the local administration said on Thursday “Over the past 24 hours, the Kuybyshevsky and Kievsky districts have come under massive artillery shelling.” A kindergarten, hospital and three...
Russia to retaliate against more EU bans: Diplomat
A Russian diplomat has warned that the Kremlin will take retaliatory measures in response to any extension of the European Union (EU) sanctions against Moscow. According to Russia’s Interfax news agency a diplomat on the condition of anonymity on Wednesday said: “We are against a new twist of the sanctions spiral … and our reaction is...
UN: More than 6,450 people killed in Ukraine conflict
The UN humanitarian office said Tuesday that 6,454 people had been killed and 16,146 injured in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine from April 2014 through June 3, 2015. More than 5 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, Jens Laerke, the spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in Geneva, Itar-Tass...
