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Netherlands relaunch investigation into MH17 crash
Initial report on Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in Ukraine last year said ‘external objects’ were likely cause …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia: Kiev’s Talks with IMF Large-Scale Embezzlement
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev picked up the Ukrainian president’s idea, who said Russia’s loan to Ukraine was a bribe, and compared Kiev’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with large-scale embezzlement. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russia: Ongoing Blockade of Donbass by Ukraine Runs against Minsk Agreements
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kiev’s policy of blockading Donbass runs against the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, Russian foreign ministry’s envoy for human rights, democracy and the supremacy of law Konstantin Dolgov said, …read more Source: Fars News...
Report shows Russian violation of Crimean Tatars’ rights
Unofficial delegation from Turkey discovers serious human rights breaches against Crimean Tatars since Russia annexed the peninsula …read more Source: Anadolu...
Kerry urges Lavrov to respect Ukraine ceasefire
NNA – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pressed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to ensure that Moscow respects the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the State Department said. In a telep …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine fighting threatens to ruin Minsk ceasefire
Ukraine fighting threatens to ruin Minsk ceasefire …read more Source:...
PressTV-Russia says US may force its military hand
Loading … Potential US military buildup near Russia’s borders may force the Russian military to respond in kind by reinforcing its frontier presence, says a Russian military official. Army General Yury Yakubov, a coordinator from the Russian Defense Ministry’s general inspectors directorate, was responding to reports that the...
Ukraine warns of escalating violence in east
KIEV: Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and twenty wounded in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Monday, describing near-constant shelling by pro-Russian rebels in certain parts of separatist eastern territories. The ceasefire brokered in Minsk, Belarus, four months ago has stemmed large-scale fighting, but skirmishes claim...
Ukraine Situation ‘Deteriorating,’ 7 Killed
Ukrainian military officials warn that relentless shelling in Donetsk has weakened ‘key parts’ of front line. …read more Source: Arutz...
Russia says will retaliate if US weapons stationed on its borders
A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia’s border would be the most aggressive US act since the Cold War, and Moscow would retaliate by beefing up its own forces, a Russian defense official said on Monday. The United States is offering to store military equipment on allies’ territory in eastern...
