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Russia warns West not to blackmail it over Ukraine
Russia blamed Kiev on Monday for a surge in fighting in Ukraine and warned the West that any attempt to increase economic pressure on Moscow would be “absolutely destructive” blackmail. Pro-Moscow separatists, backed by what NATO says are Russian troops, have launched an offensive in southeastern Ukraine and President Barack Obama...
Raid On Crimean Tatar TV Channel
Dozens of armed, masked men in unmarked military clothing surrounded the headquarters of the ATR channel. …read more Source: World...
Turkey condemns pro-Russian separatist offensive in Mariupol
Turkey has condemned the intensified attacks against civilians by pro-Russian separatist forces in the eastern Ukrainian town of Mariupol, as NATO and Ukraine met in an urgent meeting Jan. 25. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
U.S. has “more tools” to put pressure on Russia
Barack Obama blamed Russia for renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine, and said Washington would consider additional options to ratchet up pressure on Moscow. …read more Source: World...
NATO, Ukraine to meet in response to renewed fighting
Ukraine invoked a clause of a NATO-Ukraine agreement. …read more Source: World...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in intensified rebel attacks
Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in intensified clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the eastern conflict zone in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Monday, reporting fierce fighting at the strategic small town of Debaltseve. Violence in eastern Ukraine is at its worst level since a ceasefire was agreed last September and...
Nearly 500 miners trapped in east Ukraine: ministry
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were trapped on Jan. 26 after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Moscow to promote contact between rebels and Kyiv ‘within days’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow is working to promote contacts between Kyiv and the pro-Russian separatists in the next few days …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Kremlin says any more pressure on Russia would be “destructive”
Russia fought back over new US and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Russia blames Ukraine for violence, urges West not to support Kiev
Russia blamed the Ukrainian authorities on Monday for a surge in violence in southeastern Ukraine and urged the West not to show its support for Kiev with actions such as imposing new sanctions on Moscow. “We see attempts to derail the peace process and attempts again and again by the Kiev leadership to solve the problem by using force to...
