Section: Africa&ME
Kiev says 6 Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist east
KIEV — Ukraine’s army on Saturday reported the death of six soldiers in the past day of fighting against pro-Russian insurgents in the former Soviet nation’s separatist east. Chief military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said 14 troops were also wounded in clashes across the rebel-controlled regions of the Donetsk and Lu...
Soldiers killed in fighting in Ukraine’s east
Military says six dead and 14 wounded in gun battles as Kiev protests against mob attack on diplomatic posts in Russia. …read more Source: AL...
6 Ukraine soldiers killed, 14 injured in new clashes
Clashes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russia forces kill six Ukrainian soldiers. …read more Source:...
War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands
A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a j …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine, Russia protest attacks on diplomatic missions
Ukraine and Russia exchange words after each country’s diplomatic missions were attacked by mobs. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine, Russia protest over attacks on each other’s diplomatic missions
Ukraine protested to Russia after mobs vandalized its embassy in Moscow and its consulate in Rostov-on-Don overnight, a day after Russia made a similar protest to Ukraine over damage to the Russian consulate in Kharkiv …read more Source: The Daily...
Report: Six Ukrainian servicemen killed, 14 wounded in past 24 hours
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Six Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev
Ukraine’s army reported the death of six soldiers in the past day of fighting against pro-Russian insurgents in the former Soviet nation’s separatist east …read more Source: The Daily...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts life’s new reality across the border in Russia. “Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it,” the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in...
OSCE warns of intensifying skirmishes in E Ukraine
A senior official of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has warned of intensifying skirmishes in eastern Ukraine despite a truce, even in areas where there had been little violence in the past. As quoted in a DPA report, OSCE’s Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug on Friday said “It is an escalation.”...
