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State of emergency declared in eastern Ukraine
‘The Ukrainian government has decided to institute the state of emergency in Donetsk and Luhansk,’ announced PM Yatsenyuk. …read more Source: World...
Lawyer Says Ukrainian Woman Pilot Could Die in Russian Detention
MOSCOW—A Ukrainian female army pilot may die in detention in Russia where she … …read more Source:...
Putin: Ukrainian army is NATO’s ‘foreign legion’
Russian president claims NATO is using the Ukrainian military as a ‘foreign legion’ to contain Russia …read more Source: World...
Ukraine territories put on high alert
KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday the government had ordered all territories to be on high alert due to the escalating conflict in separatist eastern areas of Luhansk and Donetsk. “The government has decided to introduce a state of emergency in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and a state of high alert across all...
Russian police raid Crimean TV station
Russian police enter Crimean Tatar television station building to search for February 2014 videos of demonstrations in which two died, prior to Russian annexation of peninsula. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russian Ruble, Stocks Slide on News of Possible New Sanctions
MOSCOW—The ruble and Russian stocks fell sharply on Monday, following a return to full-scale warfare in eastern Ukraine and threats of further Western sanctions against Russia. At 10:25 EST (1525 GMT), the ruble… …read more Source:...
Putin: Ukrainian army is NATO’s ‘foreign legion’
Russian president claims NATO is using the Ukrainian military as a ‘foreign legion’ to contain Russia. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine rebels move to encircle government troops in new advance
Ukrainian servicemen prepare their ammunition at a position on the front-line near the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on January 26, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/ ANATOLII BOIKO)Kiev and St. Petersburg, Reuters—Russian-backed rebels advanced to encircle a Ukrainian army garrison town on Monday in a new offensive that has again unleashed all-out war...
Putin accuses Ukraine army of being ‘NATO foreign legion’
President Vladimir Putin sharply ramped up his anti-Western rhetoric on Jan. 26, accusing the Ukrainian army of being “NATO’s foreign legion” whose main purpose was to contain Russia …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Shelling briefly traps 500 miners in east Ukraine
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were briefly trapped underground on Monday after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
