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Lenin statues toppled in government-held east Ukraine
Masked men have toppled several statues of the Soviet leader Lenin in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Saturday, in a fresh show of anti-Russian sentiment as Kiev battles pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: The Daily...
UN: death toll in Ukraine fighting now above 6,100
The UN says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it’s increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation in parts of the country’s east. …read more Source: The Daily...
300 U.S. troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian Forces
NNA – About 300 U.S. paratroopers arrived this week in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the U.S. Army said in a statement. The troops fr …read more Source: National News...
300 US troops in Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces: Army
About 300 US paratroopers arrived this week in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army says …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia cannot divide Europe over Ukraine, says German minister
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Russia could not succeed in breaking European Union unity on sanctions over Ukraine by using strategies such as offering to remove trade embargoes against individual EU member states …read more Source: The Daily...
Pro Russia Ukrainian journalist shot dead in Kiev
NNA – A prominent pro-Russian journalist was shot dead in Kiev on Thursday, the Ukrainian government said, the latest in a series of allies of the country39;s former pro-Moscow leaders to die in su …read more Source: National News...
Pro-Russian journalist gunned down in Ukraine’s capital
A Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views has been gunned down in Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says US forced it to act on Ukraine
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu blames the United States and its allies for the conflict in Ukraine, saying their drive to bring Kiev closer to the West was a threat to Moscow and had forced it to react …read more Source: The Daily...
G7 ministers: lifting Russia sanctions is tied to fulfilling Minsk
Western sanctions against Russia can only be lifted once Moscow fulfills the cease-fire agreement signed in Minsk in February and respects Ukraine’s sovereignty, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven say …read more Source: The Daily...
Canada to join US effort to train Ukrainian troops
Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered forces …read more Source: The Daily...
