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Russian soldier said captured in Ukraine admits on video to spying mission
One of two Russian servicemen Ukraine says it captured while fighting with separatists in eastern Ukraine admitted on a video circulating on Monday that he had been part of a Russian special forces spying mission. Moscow, which has acknowledged in the past that Russian national “volunteers” might be fighting for the separatists, repeated its...
Russian soldier said captured, admits on video to spying mission
The Ukrainian military said on Sunday that the two Russian soldiers had been captured during a battle with rebels at Shchastya, near Luhansk …read more Source: World...
Russian soldier captured, admits on video to spying mission
The Ukrainian military said on Sunday that the two Russian soldiers had been captured during a battle with rebels at Shchastya, near Luhansk …read more Source: World...
Two Russian soldiers captured in rebel-held Luhansk
Russia denies presences of troops in Ukraine; NATO says not clear if Russia serious about Ukraine… …read more Source:...
West clings to fraying Ukraine peace deal despite Kiev doubts
Western powers are clinging to a fraying peace deal in Ukraine and forcing Kiev to follow suit, even though Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of wavering and NATO is warning that Moscow may be preparing for a new offensive. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russians troops captured in Ukraine on their way to capital
A Ukrainian military spokesman says two Russian soldiers captured in the war-torn east of the country are on their way to the capital, Kiev. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine army claims to have captured 2 Russia troops in east
The Ukrainian army claims to have captured two “Russian soldiers” in the country’s east, where Kiev is fighting pro-Russia forces. …read more Source: Iran...
Ukraine army claims to have captured 2 Russia troops in east
The Ukrainian army claims it has captured two Russian soldiers in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
West clings to fraying Ukraine peace deal
The US and EU are backing a three month ceasefire, despite the fraying peace deal in the Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Russia unveils bust of Putin as Roman emperor
MOSCOW: A group of supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday presented a bust of the strongman depicting him in the heroic guise of a Roman emperor. “We wanted to immortalise Vladimir Putin as a conqueror and statesman who returned Crimea to Russia,” said Andrei Polyakov, the head of a group of Cossacks outside the northwestern...
