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Russia court nixes bid to move Ukraine pilot trial to Moscow
A Russian court Friday turned down an appeal to shift the high-profile trial of a Ukrainian female helicopter pilot from southern Russia to Moscow, her lawyer said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Fresh Ukraine Clashes Kill Four Soldiers
Kiev on Thursday said four soldiers had been killed and 14 injured in renewed clashes with separatist militants in the former Soviet country’s separatist east. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
NATO warns pro-Russia rebels against more Ukraine land grabs
NATO warns pro-Russian separatists against grabbing more land in eastern Ukraine and stressed Moscow has a ‘special responsibility’ to help restore peace as fighting escalates …read more Source: The Daily...
Moscow urges Europe to get Ukraine to comply with truce
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is pushing for European powers to get Ukraine to comply with a truce in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
US launches biggest allied airborne drills since Cold War ended
The United States says it has launched the biggest allied airborne drills in Europe since the Cold War ended, as fighting involving pro-Russian separatists escalated in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, Russia trade blame for sharp violence spike
Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership and Russia traded blame for a sharp escalation in violence that threatened to see all-out warfare return to the former Soviet nation’s separatist east …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin slams ‘external control’ over Ukraine on Crimea visit
Putin slams alleged ‘external control’ over Ukraine’s government as he makes his third visit to the Crimean peninsula since Moscow seized the region from Kiev last year …read more Source: The Daily...
Ten killed in spike in east Ukraine violence
Fierce clashes in east Ukraine killed at least 10 people in the past 24 hours, government and rebel officials say, as Russia warned that Kiev could be preparing for a fresh offensive …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin’s Crimea visit aims to stir up Ukraine conflict: Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko criticizes Russian leader Vladimir Putin for visiting Russia-annexed Crimea, saying his action was part of a plan to whip up tensions in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes with rebels: Kiev military
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists over the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman says …read more Source: The Daily...
