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Ten Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
It appeared to have gone astray after being aimed by the gunmen at a checkpoint set up by government soldiers …read more Source: Gulf...
Two Ukraine soldiers killed in fighting
KIEV: Ukraine’s military on Saturday reported the death of two soldiers in the past day of fighting with pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist east. Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko added that 20 soldiers were wounded in clashes in the mostly Russian-speaking Lugansk region. The toll brings to six the number of Ukrainian troops reported...
Russia says Ukraine has violated loan terms, no decision on repayment
Comments precede peace talks to resolve Ukraine conflict …read more Source: Gulf...
Eight killed in Ukraine as peace talk prospects dim
KIEV: Four Ukrainian soldiers and at least as many civilians died on Friday in an upsurge of rocket attacks that came just as prospects for international peace talks on the nine-month crisis dimmed. Local authorities in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk said another nine residents were injured in sporadic clashes that continued from dawn late into...
EU sees ‘positive signs’ from Russia over Ukraine
Brussels: The European Union sees some “positive signs” from Russia over the crisis in Ukraine ahead of a mooted summit of key leaders in Kazakhstan, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday. Mogherini insisted, however, that Moscow would have to meet the terms of last year’s Minsk peace agreement before...
13 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash
KIEV: Thirteen Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were travelling in collided with military trucks in bad weather in the war-torn east, officials said on Tuesday. The collision on Monday night was due to bad weather and took place during the rotation of professional soldiers and volunteers deployed in eastern Ukraine...
13 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash in east
Collision was due to bad weather, authorities say …read more Source: Gulf...
Germany, France cast doubt on Ukraine summit
PARIS: Germany cast doubt on Monday on whether a four-way summit on the Ukraine crisis in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on Jan.15 would take place and France’s president said the meeting would depend on the likelihood of “new progress” being made. More than 4,700 people have been killed in fighting between Kiev’s forces and...
Ukraine launches terror probe into new Odessa blast
Russia accuses the local police and fire department of siding with the Kiev government …read more Source: Gulf...
Love in limbo in rebel-held east Ukraine
Couples don’t know if their weddings would even be legitimate …read more Source: Gulf...
