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China’s President Xi Calls For a Political Solution to Ease Ukraine Crisis
China’s President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for a political solution for over the Ukraine crisis to avoid confrontations, the official Xinhua news agency reported. …read more Source:...
Russia Has No Right to Send Vehicles, Persons into Ukraine: White House
The White House said on Friday it could not confirm reports that Ukraine had disabled vehicles in a Russian convoy inside Ukraine and warned Moscow that any intervention into Ukraine without Kiev’s pe… …read more Source:...
Angela Merkel Urges Vladimir Putin in Call to End Stream of Arms, Fighters into Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Friday to help defuse the crisis in Ukraine and halt the stream of weapons and armed personnel into the countr… …read more Source:...
Kiev Says Forces Destroyed Russian Armour inside Ukraine
Ukraine said its artillery destroyed part of a Russian armoured column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia on Friday in what appeared to be a majo… …read more Source:...
Under Artillery Fire, Ukraine Rebels Switch Their Leaders
Two of the most senior rebels battling government troops in eastern Ukraine quit on Thursday, deepening the disarray in a pro-Moscow separatist movement that is being pushed back by an Ukrainian milit… …read more Source:...
Senior Red Cross Official in Kiev for Talks on Aid Convoy
A senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in Kiev on Thursday for talks on the delivery of Russian aid to eastern Ukraine, an ICRC spokeswoman said. …read more Source:...
Igor Strelkov: Mysterious Russian Who Led Ukraine Rebels Quits
An alleged Russian intelligence colonel with an obsession for reenacting historical battles, Igor Strelkov, who quit as a key rebel chief on Thursday, was a driving force behind the brutal pro-Moscow … …read more Source:...
Daytime Shelling Leaves Several Dead in Downtown Donetsk
Glass and fallen branches crunched underfoot on a central street in east Ukraine’s Donetsk as rebel fighters fidgeted with their guns and panicked residents ran in and out of doorways. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin Sounds Conciliatory Note on Visit to Annexed Ukraine Region
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would stand up for itself but not at the cost of confrontation with the outside world, a conciliatory note after months of tough rhetoric over the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Russian Orthodox Church Elects New Leader as Fighting Rages
Ukraine’s wing of the Russian Orthodox Church elected a pro-Russian conservative as its new leader on Wednesday, as Kiev appealed for the church to help unite the country being torn apart by a pro-Mos… …read more Source:...
