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Ukraine lobbies NATO, IMF as deaths mount, truce teeters
Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more civilians and troops. A one-month truce in Ukraine is teetering on the verge of collapse just weeks before a general election meant to reunify the country after […] The post...
Russian hacking attack takes aim at leadership in Moscow
A hacker targeted a Russian regional parliament’s website on Tuesday with a statement berating authorities in Moscow and declaring the southern Volga region’s Astrakhan province was leaving the Russian Federation. Russians largely support President Vladimir Putin’s policies and his popularity received a boost after his...
War fears hang over Ukraine as 12 die despite truce
Ukraine faced the threat Tuesday of a resumption of all-out warfare as 12 more people, mostly civilians, died in increasingly bloody clashes with pro-Russian rebels despite a truce deal. The toll was one of the highest reported since the two rivals signed the Moscow-backed peace pact in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Sept. 5. Mortar […] The...
First European drones arrive in Ukraine to monitor truce
The first unarmed drones arrived Monday in Ukraine to help OSCE teams monitor the implementation of a fragile one-month truce in the separatist east, the pan-European security group said. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe will deploy four unmanned aerial vehicles along Ukraine’s border with Russia and in the war zone...
One month in, Ukraine truce exists in name only
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels marked a month since the signing of a Kremlin-backed truce on Sunday by engaging in one of the most heated battles of their six-month war over the ex-Soviet state’s eastern rustbelt. The artillery blasts that rocked the front line city of Donetsk were yet another blow to the 12-point peace […] The...
Latvia’s ruling coalition wins in election dominated by security issues
Latvia’s ruling center-right coalition parties have won a majority of seats in a parliamentary election dominated by security issues and the Ukraine crisis. With more than 90 percent of votes counted, the opposition pro-Russian Harmony party won most votes in Saturday’s election with 23 percent, while the Western-oriented three-party...
Ukraine truce strained amid airport battle
Despite a cease-fire declared a month ago between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, the biggest city in eastern Ukraine remains embroiled in fighting that includes daily artillery and rocket barrage hitting residential areas. The fighting focusing on the airport of the rebel-held city of Donetsk shows the difficulties of enforcing a truce...
World › Ukraine’s truce in trouble amid airport battle
Despite a cease-fire declared a month ago between the Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, the biggest city in eastern Ukraine remains embroiled in fighting that includes daily artillery and rocket barrage hitting residential areas. The fighting focusing on the airport of the rebel-held city of Donetsk shows the difficulties of… …read...
World › Fighting rages around airport in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels pressed Friday to seize a key airport in eastern Ukraine despite fierce resistance by government forces. An AP reporter on Friday saw three rebel tanks firing their cannons at the main terminal of Donetsk airport, where government forces have holed up. Sniper shots rang around the area. Rebels… …read more Source: Japan...
World › Red Cross worker killed by shelling in Donetsk
A Red Cross worker was killed by shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, the aid group said Thursday. The International Committee of the Red Cross said Laurent DuPasquier, a 38-year-old Swiss national, died when a shell landed near the group’s office in the eastern Ukrainian city. “We are deeply… …read more Source: Japan...
