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ON THE SCENE: VOA Correspondent Sees Carnage, Frightened Residents in Ukrainian City
KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE—Editor’s note: On the eve of planned peace talks in Minsk, at least 15 people died amid battles in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk Tuesday. Most of the victims were hit by … …read more Source:...
Obama phones Putin, Poroshenko ahead of Minsk summit
Leaders from France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet Wednesday to seek an end to bitter fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine peace talks down to wire as fighting rages
KIEV — Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to finalize a peace deal for war-torn Ukraine ahead of a crunch summit in Minsk, with the warring sides pushing to gain ground ahead of any truce. Fighting in the east killed at least 12 people, including seven Ukrainian troops, as pro-Russia rebels sought to encircle railway hub Deblat...
Ukraine peace talks down to wire as fighting rages
KIEV — Diplomats scrambled Tuesday to finalize a peace deal for war-torn Ukraine ahead of a crunch summit in Minsk, with the warring sides pushing to gain ground ahead of any truce. Fighting in the east killed at least 12 people, including seven Ukrainian troops, as pro-Russia rebels sought to encircle railway hub Deblat...
Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine
SARTANA: Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances and the government accusing the rebels of shelling a town far behind the front lines. The intense fighting, which the UN says has killed more than 5,300 people since April, comes ahead of a crucial...
Chief Rabbi calls on separatists to cease fighting as Ukrainian Jewish center hit by rockets
Two rockets hit a nine story building housing the city’s local Hesed branch but failed to explode. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
On Ukraine Battle Fringes, Civilians Struggle for Normalcy
Published February 10, 2015 While battles rage daily in some parts of eastern Ukraine, not far away — in areas the government took back from the Russian-backed rebels last summer — people are doing their best to live normal lives, while keeping a wary eye on the shifting front lines. VOA’s Al Pessin reports from the temporary...
Rockets hit Jewish welfare center in Ukraine without exploding
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Ukraine says civilians killed in rocket attack in east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Russian-backed fighters have launched an artillery strike on the town of Kramatorsk, killing at least seven civilians.Poroshenko said the first round of rocket fire hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian command in eastern Ukraine and the second landed in a residential area. The...
Kremlin Official: US Using Ukraine to Weaken Russia
A ranking Kremlin official has accused the United States of attempting to drag Russia into the Ukraine conflict with the aim of weakening Moscow and effecting regime change, according to excerpts of an interview published Tuesday by a Russian government daily. “For the U.S., Ukraine in and of itself is not a matter of interest. Their aim is to...
