Section: Africa&ME
Three civilians killed as east Ukraine shelling flares up
Three civilians have been killed in east Ukraine as government forces claimed Saturday that shelling by pro-Russian separatists hit a record high since the start of a tattered truce in February. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian investigation: Kiev used phosphorous bombs in east
Russia’s main federal investigating authority said there is evidence demonstrating that the Ukrainian armed forces have used modern analogues of phosphorous bombs against civilians in Ukraine’s volatile eastern provinces. …read more Source: Iran...
Ukraine activists scrap gay pride parade after court ban
Gay rights activists in Ukraine have cancelled a planned pride parade Saturday in the port city of Odessa after a local court banned the event. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev used phosphorous bombs in east: Russian investigation
Russia’s investigating authority accuses Ukraine of using phosphorous bombs against civilians in the east. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Military Using Phosphorous Bombs against Civilians in Donbass
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian Investigative Committee has obtained evidence proving that the Ukrainian armed forces have used modern analogues of phosphorous bombs against civilians in Southeastern Ukraine, Investigative Committee Spokesman Vladimir Markin said in Moscow. …read more Source: Fars News...
Ombudsman: More than 5,000 People Die in Kiev’s Security Operation in Eastern Ukraine
TEHRAN (FNA)- More than 5,000 people have died in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) since the start of the Donbas war, a source at the office of DPR’s human rights ombudsman said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Finland triples training sessions for reservists
HELSINKI: Finland’s military is tripling the number of reservists called up for refresher training courses, from 6,000 last year to 18,000 in 2015, a senior official said on Friday. Finland shares a 1,340-kilometre border with Russia, which is accused by the West of involvement in the war in eastern Ukraine. But assistant chief of staff...
Soldier, civilian killed in fierce Ukrainian clashes
KIEV: Two people were killed in another round of intense shelling between Western-backed Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian fighters in the separatist east, officials from both sides said on Friday. Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said one soldier was killed and six wounded in the past 24 hours of fighting across the...
Soldier, civilian killed in fierce Ukrainian clashes
Ukrainian officials warn Kiev might ‘be forced to introduce martial law and mobilize entire’ ar… …read more Source:...
Russia, Germany concerned over truce violations in Ukraine
Russia and Germany have voiced concern about a recent escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine, as top diplomats from the two countries renew calls for an end to the violations of a truce agreement in the area. …read more Source: Iran...
