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Donetsk Rebels Surrounded, Commander Says
A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that Ukrainian forces have seized a key town, leaving the rebel region’s largest city of Donetsk surrounded. …read more Source:...
Barricades Come Down in Ukraine’s Capital City
City workers and volunteers have removed the last of the barricades that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year. …read more Source:...
Russia Says it Has Ended Military Drills Criticised by US
Russia’s Defence Ministry said late on Friday it had finished military exercises in southern Russia which the United States had criticised as a “provocative” step amid the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
21 More MH17 Crash Victims Identified, Experts Fly Home
Dutch forensics experts have identified 21 more flight MH17 victims, the government said on Friday, while their colleagues at the crash site began arriving home from east Ukraine where fighting has st… …read more Source:...
Fierce Ukraine Border Battles as Sanctions War Heats Up
Fierce battles on Ukraine’s porous eastern border left 15 government servicemen dead as fears of a possible invasion swirled after NATO urged Moscow to withdraw its troops along the frontier. …read more Source:...
Rebels Fire at Ukraine Medical Chopper, Force Emergency Landing
Ukrainian forces said on Friday that the rebels in the conflict-torn east had opened fire on a medical evacuation helicopter, injuring the three crew on board and forcing it to make an emergency landi… …read more Source:...
Australia Set to Tighten Russia Sanctions: Tony Abbot
Australia is preparing to tighten sanctions on Russia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday as he warned President Vladimir Putin against sending his troops into Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian Retaliation Against Sanctions Hurts its Own Economy: United States
The White House made the case on Thursday that Western sanctions against Russia for destabilizing Ukraine have had a significant impact on its economy and that Russian retaliation by banning many West… …read more Source:...
Moscow Bans Western Food Imports; Russian Quits as Ukraine Rebel Chief
Moscow banned imports of most food from the West on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degre… …read more Source:...
NATO Chief Urges Russia to Pull Back Troops, ‘Step Back From The Brink’
The head of NATO called on Russia to “step back from the brink” of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border and warned further intervention in Ukraine would bring it greater isolation … …read more Source:...
