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More than 1 million Ukrainians displaced by conflict: UNHCR
More than one million people have been uprooted by the conflict in Ukraine, including 260,000 within the country where further mass displacement is feared due to ongoing fighting …read more Source: Gulf...
UN: More than one million people now displaced due to Ukraine conflict
United Nations refugee agency says more are fleeing the fighting. …read more Source:...
Russia to ‘amend defence policy’ towards NATO
Moscow vows to adopt beefed up military policy over NATO plans to create rapid-response force in wake of Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: AL...
Kiev warns of ‘great war’ with Russia as its forces retreat
KIEV — Ukrainian forces ceded a strategic eastern airport to pro-Russian insurgents on Monday as the government in Kiev accused Moscow of launching a “great war” that could claim tens of thousands of lives. The sense of foreboding in Kiev came as European-mediated talks over the fast-escalating crisis opened in the Belorussian c...
Ukraine: Russia’s ‘open aggression’ driving rebel advance
Poroshenko to make high-level changes in Army personnel; Russia denies military involvement in the east; China: More EU sanctions will complicate the crisis. …read more Source: Yedioth...
What are Russia’s plans for eastern Ukraine?
The EU threatens further sanctions amid continuing accusations of Russian military involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s troops retreat from vital airport
Soldiers abandon defence of an airport in Luhansk after heavy clashes with what Kiev says are Russian tanks. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko accuses Russia of ‘direct and open aggression’
Russia calls for east Ukraine independence as talks resume; Putin hopes ‘common sense’ prevails in West when considering new sanctions. …read more Source:...
Russia urges ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Ukraine
Russian foreign minister says peace talks should be devoted to agreeing on an immediate ceasefire without conditions. …read more Source: AL...
Conquer or compromise: Putin’s moment of truth in Ukraine
Ultra-nationalists are furious at the Russian president for his ‘hesitancy,’ while the West is threatening new sanctions if his forces remain. …read more Source:...
