Section: The Hindu (India)
22 bodies counted at Ukraine plane crash site
Ukraine said passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any respon… …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines plane with 295 on board crashes over Ukraine near Russian border
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of it… …read more Source: The...
Malaysian Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of it… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine: We did not shoot at any plane
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane went down over Ukraine. Mr. Poroshe… …read more Source: The...
Russia has not done much to de-escalate Ukrainian conflict, says US
The US has said Russia has not done much to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine and is discussing further possible steps with its allies if Moscow did not meet their expectations. “As a ge… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine airstrike kills civilians, say rescue workers
Rescue workers say an airstrike has demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine, killing at least nine civilians. Government officials denied the Tuesday strike was carried out by U… …read more Source: The...
1 killed near Ukraine border by shell fire
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that a Ukrainian shell hit a Russian border town, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. Ukraine denied firing a shell into Russian territor… …read more Source: The...
30 civilians killed in Donetsk clashes: Separatists
Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday that at least 30 civilians have been killed during heavy artillery attacks from Ukrainian government troops.“We are aware of 30 deaths. But all of t… …read more Source: The...
11 top Ukrainian separatists hit with EU sanctions
Ukrainian separatist leader Alexander Borodai and 10 other top rebel officials were hit with EU sanctions on Saturday, as the bloc implemented new measures meant to discourage violence in eastern… …read more Source: The...
10 dead amid fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine
Fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine claimed at least 10 lives on Friday, including a senior commander of the Ukrainian border troops.Colonel Ihor Momot was killed by artillery fire from separ… …read more Source: The...