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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...
Ukraine forces reportedly attack Russian armored column that crossed border
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko confirmed to British Prime Minister David Cameron that Ukrainian artillery destroyed part of Russian armored equipment, which crossed the border overnight Thursday. …read more Source:...
NATO accuses Russia of escalating Ukraine conflict
Ukraine army confirms Russian military incusion; NATO demands Moscow engage with Ukraine, pull back troops. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Russia lets Ukraine inspect aid convoy to rebel-held east
In violation of earlier deal, Russia had sent some 200 trucks to border, prompting a Ukrainian threat to block the convoy by any means necessary. …read more Source:...
Ukraine threatens to block Russian aid convoy to rebel-held territory
Government demands Red Cross inspects trucks to confirm the shipment is not cover for military incursion. …read more Source:...
Donetsk rocked by heavy shelling
At least one person killed in renewed shelling in eastern Ukrainian city as civilian toll continues to rise. …read more Source: AL...
Putin addresses Russia’s parliament in Crimea
Move by Russian leader seen as assurance to the annexed region that it is important to Kremlin. …read more Source: AL...
Donetsk under fire as Ukraine toll ‘doubles’
As the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine worsens, Kiev sets conditions on allowing Russian convoy across border. …read more Source: AL...
12 pro-government Ukraine militiamen killed
DONETSK, Ukraine — At least 12 militiamen fighting alongside government troops against pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have been killed in an ambush, a spokesman for their radical nationalist movement said on Wednesday. Artem Skoropatsky said the fighters with the Right Sector volunteer battalion were shot dead while travel...
Ukraine vows to block Russian ‘aid’ convoy
Kiev fears convoy could be a “Trojan horse” bringing military assistance to pro-Moscow rebels fighting in the east. …read more Source: AL...
