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One Convict Killed, 106 Flee as Shells Hit East Ukraine Jail
Aug11

One Convict Killed, 106 Flee as Shells Hit East Ukraine Jail

One convict was killed and over 100 escaped when shelling hit a high-security prison in the besieged rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, local authorities said on Monday. …read more Source:...

Russia urges for aid delivery to eastern Ukraine
Aug11

Russia urges for aid delivery to eastern Ukraine

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that his country hopes that the issue of humanitarian aid corridors in eastern Ukraine would be resolved soon.Lavrov said Russia was making efforts to reach an agreement with Ukraine, the International Committee of t.. …read more Source: India...

Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender
Aug10

Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender

At least 300,000 of Donetsk’s 1 million residents have fled as violence escalates between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The Times of...

Ukraine Says No Ceasefire Until Separatists Surrender, Rebels Defiant
Aug10

Ukraine Says No Ceasefire Until Separatists Surrender, Rebels Defiant

A Ukrainian military spokesman on Sunday dismissed a call for a ceasefire by a separatist leader, saying this could only take place once rebels had shown “white flags” and surrendered. …read more Source:...

Ukraine Says No Ceasefire Until Separatists Surrender, Rebels
Aug10

Ukraine Says No Ceasefire Until Separatists Surrender, Rebels

A Ukrainian military spokesman on Sunday dismissed a call for a ceasefire by a separatist leader, saying this could only take place once rebels had shown “white flags” and surrendered. …read more Source:...

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel Say Russia Will Face Consequences if it Enters Ukraine
Aug10

Barack Obama, Angela Merkel Say Russia Will Face Consequences if it Enters Ukraine

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Saturday that Russia would face additional consequences if it intervened in Ukraine without permission from the Ukrainian govern… …read more Source:...

Ready for Ceasefire: Ukrainian Rebels
Aug09

Ready for Ceasefire: Ukrainian Rebels

Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday they were ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government after increasing gains by Ukrainian forces against rebel forces. …read more Source:...

Russia ‘Humanitarian’ Push into Ukraine Would be Illegal: US, UK
Aug09

Russia ‘Humanitarian’ Push into Ukraine Would be Illegal: US, UK

Any “humanitarian” mission by Russia into Ukraine would be “unjustified and illegal”, US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed during a telephone call Saturday, Downin… …read more Source:...

65 Victims of MH17 Identified, Last Experts Home
Aug09

65 Victims of MH17 Identified, Last Experts Home

Dutch forensic experts have identified a total of 65 victims of downed flight MH17, the government said on Saturday, as the last of the investigators returned from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Have stopped Russian troops from invading: Ukraine
Aug09

Have stopped Russian troops from invading: Ukraine

A senior aide to Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said a large Russian military convoy had been heading for the border. …read more Source: The Times of...