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Ukraine death toll mounts after truce talks fail
13 soldiers and 6 civilians killed in fighting across the rebels’ self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in past 24 hours …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine death toll mounts after talks collapse
At least 19 soldiers and civilians killed in clashes across eastern Ukraine as peace talks in Minsk collapse. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine death toll mounts after talks collapse
At least 19 soldiers and civilians were killed in clashes across eastern Ukraine as fierce fighting raged between government forces and pro-Russian rebels following the collapse of ceasefire talks. Ukraine’s military said on Sunday that 13 soldiers had died and 20 were wounded over the past 24 hours, pushing the military death toll over the...
13 Soldiers Killed in Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian officials say 13 soldiers have been killed in… …read more Source:...
East Ukraine death toll mounts after peace talks fail
Hopes of de-escalation evaporated on Saturday with Ukraine’s representative and separatist envoys accusing the other of sabotaging negotiations. …read more Source: World...
Conflict Leaves Ukrainian Neighborhood Divided, Terrified
PAPASNA, LUHANSK OBLAST, UKRAINE—People in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk districts find themselves squarely in the path of advancing Russian-backed rebels, who want to take back the territory they held at the beginning of the conflict last year. Many local residents are afraid, but … …read more Source:...
3 dead, 24 injured in Slovak bus crash
BRATISLAVA: Three people died and 24 were injured in a bus crash in northern Slovakia early on Saturday, rescuers said. “Three people died, two are in a critical condition, four suffered serious injuries and 18 had light injuries,” emergency service spokesman Andrej Hirjak told AFP, adding the accident had occurred around 03:00GMT. Two casualties...
Ukrainian Neighborhood Divided over Conflict
Al Pessin Published January 31, 2015 People in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk districts find themselves squarely in the path of advancing …read more Source:...
Fighting rages in East Ukraine amid fresh talks
MINSK/KIEV: A new round of peace talks got under way involving Ukraine and separatists on Saturday, even as fighting between Kiev government forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged in Ukraine’s east, claiming civilian and military lives. The main members of the so-called contact group – Ukrainian former president Leonid Kuchma, a...
Spy Murder Probe Likely to Further Strain British-Russian Relations
LONDON—With relations between Russia and the West spiraling to new lows over Ukraine, bilateral ties between London and Moscow themselves are becoming more strained as the inquest into the murder of a former… …read more Source:...
