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21 more MH17 crash victims identified
THE HAGUE — Dutch forensics experts have identified 21 more flight MH17 crash victims, the government said Friday, as experts unable to work at the crash site in restive eastern Ukraine began flying home. The Malaysia Airlines 777 exploded over Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 on board, 193 of them Dutch, with the West accusing Russian...
3 killed by shelling in Ukraine city
DONETSK — At least three civilians have been killed and another 10 wounded in overnight shelling of the main rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine besieged by government forces, officials said. Local people said a rebel rocket launcher recently seen in the area may have been the target. The Donetsk city council said four apartment buildings...
Donetsk hit by air strike as govt forces close in
Local residents inspect a destroyed outlet after night shelling on a local market, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday. Air strikes and artillery fire between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops in the eastern city of Donetsk have brought the violence closer than ever to the city center, as Kiev’s forces move in on the rebel...
Ukraine soldiers cross over to Russia
MOSCOW — A Russian border security official said more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers crossed into Russia, according to a report from the Interfax news agency. It wasn’t immediately clear why the soldiers entered Russia, with both sides giving conflicting accounts. The Russian official said the soldiers deserted the Kiev government and th...
Civilian toll mounts in Ukraine fighting as MH17 probe goes on
DONETSK, Ukraine — Brutal fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels continued to take a deadly toll on civilians in east Ukraine on Sunday, as international experts once again combed woods and fields at the crash site of downed flight MH17. Some 70 Dutch and Australian police investigators spent a third day tra...
MH17 site search resumes
Members of a group of international experts inspect wreckage at the site where the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Friday. — Reuters GRABOVE, Ukraine — International experts pushed on Saturday wit …read more Source: Saudi...
NATO unprepared for Russian attack, claim UK lawmakers
LONDON — NATO is not ready to deal with a military attack by Russia on a member state and must adjust to the unconventional tactics seen in Ukraine, British lawmakers warned Thursday. The conflict in eastern Ukraine was a "wake-up call" for the 28-nation alliance, …read more Source: Saudi...
Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
A woman cries in her damaged building in the eastern Ukrainian city Debaltceve in Donetsk region on Wednesday. Ukrainian troops retook the city of Debaltceve in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, as they press on with their offensive to stamp out a pro-Russian rebellion. — AFP …read more Source: Saudi...
EU sanctions to hit Russia where it hurts
BRUSSELS — The EU prepared Tuesday to hit Russia where it hurts with tough economic sanctions as Moscow insisted the West can do it little harm and showed no sign of reversing course in Ukraine. Late Monday the leaders of the United States, Germany, France, Britain and Italy put aside their differences and agreed for the international commu...
EU adopts tough new sanctions on Russia
BRUSSELS — Frustrated by the apparent ineffectiveness of previous sanctions and outraged by the deaths of 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane downed over eastern Ukraine, the European Union adopted tough new economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, EU officials and diplomats said. …read more Source: Saudi...
