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Two Ukraine soldiers, one rebel killed
KIEV: Two Ukrainian soldiers and one rebel have been killed in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday, as both sides traded blame over increasing ceasefire violations. Two Ukrainian troops died and three more were wounded after their armoured vehicle hit a mine in the Lugansk region, military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk...
Soldier, civilian killed in fresh Ukraine clashes
KIEV: A Ukrainian soldier and a civilian were killed in the past 24 hours in Ukraine’s separatist-held east amid a marked increase in fighting despite a fragile ceasefire, authorities said on Sunday. “A Ukrainian soldier was killed and six others wounded over the last 24 hours,” Ukraine military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told a press...
Last MH17 crash remains arrive in Netherlands
THE HAGUE: A flight carrying the last remains of Dutch victims killed in last year’s MH17 plane crash in rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday. The Dutch air force C-130 plane landed shortly before 4.00 pm (1400 GMT) at the Eindhoven air force base carrying seven coffins, live video on Dutch news...
2 Ukrainian servicemen killed despite truce
KIEV: Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and two wounded in separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite the Minsk ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying on Friday. “In the past 24 hours the situation in the conflict zone remained not quiet, but under control. Rebels continue...
Chernobyl wildfire extinguished
KIEV: Firefighters have nearly extinguished a forest fire near Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986 and hope to put it out fully within two days, the emergency services said on Thursday. “There are no more open flames,” but fires are still smouldering out of sight, said the deputy head of the...
Ukrainian rebels expel foreign aid group
DONETSK: Representatives of a New York-based aid group were expelled from separatist-held territories in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after rebels closed down their operational base, accusing them of spying. Around 17 foreign and local workers for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) were detained in their office in the rebel-controlled city...
Ukraine warns of ‘threat of war’
KIEV: A Ukrainian soldier was killed and 14 others injured as shelling intensified in eastern parts of the country where government forces are fighting pro-Russian rebels, the army said Tuesday. “One Ukrainian soldier was killed and 14 injured due to military activity” over the past 24 hours, military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told a news...
Ukraine seeks EU help amid shelling
KIEV: Ukraine pressed European leaders on Monday to send peacekeepers to stabilise the war-torn east, as monitors reported a surge in shelling near a strategic government-held city. Top European Union officials landed in Kiev for a key summit with the former Soviet state as it faces off against separatists in the east, whom its Western allies...
‘Intense shelling’ in flashpoint Ukraine village
OSCE observers said Monday they have witnessed the most intense shelling in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian village of Shyrokyne since fighting began there in mid-February …read more Source: Gulf...
Kiev’s truce under pressure as one more cop killed
KIEV: A fragile ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists came under renewed pressure on Sunday with the Ukrainian military reporting a serviceman had been killed and seven others wounded in rebel attacks. The casualties, which follow the death on Saturday of another serviceman in shelling in the south east,...
