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Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine – map
Battles are raging between the government forces and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine as ceasefire talks break down. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine separatists vow to mobilise 100,000 fighters
The rebels’ pledge came as the US considers sending weapons to boost the Ukranian government’s forces. …read more Source: The...
Death toll mounts in east Ukraine as US mulls arming Kiev
US seriously considering providing arms and more military equipment to Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine rebels vow to escalate conflict
Donetsk: Pro-Russian separatists vowed on Monday to mobilise up to 100,000 fighters for their latest east Ukraine offensive as the United States mulled sending weapons to Kiev’s outgunned forces after the latest truce bid collapsed. The pledge to dramatically escalate a nine-month conflict that has already left at least 5,100 people dead...
As U.S. faces new threats, Pentagon seeks bigger defense budget
By David Alexander and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Facing new security challenges in the Middle East and Ukraine, the Obama administration on Monday proposed a $534 billion Pentagon base budget plus $51 billion in war funds as it urged… …read more Source:...
Fierce fighting rages for key Ukraine town
Battles raged Sunday between government forces and pro-Russian rebels for control of a strategic transport hub as the death toll mounted in east Ukraine following the collapse of ceasefire talks. …read more Source: Gulf...
13 Ukrainian soldiers killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels
KIEV: Russian-backed separatists kept up their assault on Sunday on a railway hub in eastern Ukraine, the fiercest battle in fighting that the government said has killed 13 of its troops and wounded 20 others over the last day. The separatists attacked several villages around the town of Debaltseve, a rail link between the two rebel strongholds...
Civilians dodge artillery fleeing Ukraine war epicentre
LKIEV: Civilians fleeing the besieged east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve came under withering artillery fire from pro-Russian separatists on Sunday, with security forces vowing to fight to the end to defend the key transport hub. A punishing barrage of shells fell around a three-vehicle convoy entering the town, which the rebels claim to have...
Ukraine death toll mounts after truce talks fail
13 soldiers and 6 civilians killed in fighting across the rebels’ self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in past 24 hours …read more Source: Gulf...
3 dead, 24 injured in Slovak bus crash
BRATISLAVA: Three people died and 24 were injured in a bus crash in northern Slovakia early on Saturday, rescuers said. “Three people died, two are in a critical condition, four suffered serious injuries and 18 had light injuries,” emergency service spokesman Andrej Hirjak told AFP, adding the accident had occurred around 03:00GMT. Two casualties...
