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Top Ukraine rebel leader says troops training in Russia
Four-month conflict in east Ukraine has reached critical phase, with Kiev and Western governments watching nervously to see if Russia will intervene in support of increasingly besieged rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says rebels shot down fighter jet
Kiev accuses pro-Russian separatists of shooting down MiG-29 fighter jet in contested Luhansk region. …read more Source: AL...
Rebels down warplane ahead of Russia, Ukraine meeting
Pro-Russian rebels on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet ahead of urgent talks between Kiev and Moscow’s top diplomats to defuse tensions over fighting … …read more Source: Gulf...
Clashes in Ukraine as aid agreement reached
At least three more Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and 13 others were injured in clashes with pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine and Russia foreign ministers to meet as tensions rise
Ukraine’s claim of attacking a Russian military vehicles that entered its territory sets off flurry of diplomatic activity, while fate of massive aid convoy sent by Moscow remains unresolved. …read more Source: The...
White House: Russia has no right to send vehicles, persons into Ukraine
‘Even as we work to gather information, we reiterate our concern about repeated Russian and Russian-supported incursions into Ukraine,’ White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebel forces unravel
DONETSK — Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have suffered dramatic setbacks after top military chiefs quit and Kiev’s forces pummeled their strongholds, cutting off a key rebel-held city from the Russian border. Kiev’s advance came as the Russian “humanitarian” convoy parked up close to the frontier, with...
Tensions soar as Ukraine says destroys Russian armour
Ukraine said on Friday it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that crossed onto its territory in an incursion that has sent cross-border tensions rocketing. …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine: We destroyed Russian military incursion
NATO, Ukraine claim military vehicles crossed the border overnight and were destroyed by Ukrainian artillery; Russia denies accusations, says troops were patrolling the border. …read more Source: Yedioth...
EU urges Russia to put ‘immediate stop’ to border hostilities
EU ministers urged Russia to put an “immediate stop” to all forms of hostilities near the Ukrainian border after reports that a Russian armoured convoy had entered war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Gulf...
