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First shelling in heart of Ukraine’s Donetsk rebel hub interrupts truce
The heart of Ukraine’s main pro-Russian separatist city came under heavy shelling Thursday for the first time since Moscow and Kiev struck a truce aimed at ending Europe’s worst crisis in decades. Parts of the eastern coal mining hub of Donetsk, which was once home to nearly a million Russian speakers but now stands half-abandoned,...
World › Ukraine rebels close in on Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine advanced Wednesday on the government-held airport in Donetsk, pressing to seize the key transportation hub even as the two sides bargained over a troop pullout under a much-violated truce. Fighting for the airport has raged for months as the insurgents have tried to dislodge the… …read more Source:...
World › EU keeps Russia sanctions as clashes resume in Ukraine
The European Union on Tuesday decided to keep in place biting economic sanctions on Russia over its alleged backing of pro-Kremlin insurgents who have largely ignored a four-week Ukrainian truce. The bloc’s announcement came just moments before NATO reported the continued presence of “hundreds” of elite Russian soldiers in the…...
World › Deadly attacks by pro-Russian rebels threaten Ukraine truce
Ukraine’s truce and troops withdrawal deal lay in tatters Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month left nine soldiers and four civilians dead. Thirteen soldiers and civilians were killed in 24 hours, officials said Monday, in the worst violence since the government… …read more Source:...
Ukraine troop withdrawal in doubt after 12 people are killed
The shaky truce between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military was challenged Monday when 12 soldiers and civilians were reported killed in a surge of fighting across the separatist east. A week after talks in Minsk yielded an agreement for a cease-fire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons and troops from the front line, a […] The post...
Ukraine leader clings to goal of joining EU despite Putin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine toward its dream of a place in Europe, but Russia’s Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him. And, a month away from a parliamentary election which he hopes will bring […] The post Ukraine...
Ukrainian prime minister: Russia to halt natural gas so we ‘freeze’ over winter
The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas as a weapon to subjugate the former Soviet Republic. “They want us to freeze. This is the aim and this is another trump card in Russian hands. So, except military offense, […] The post Ukrainian prime...
World › Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday proclaimed an end to the “most dangerous” part of Ukraine’s pro-Russian uprising and the start of a post-war recovery that would lead to an EU membership bid in 2020. But the upbeat message was clouded by new deadly clashes and a defiant decision by… …read more Source: Japan...
Ukrainian rebels plan votes for regional leaders, ‘Supreme Soviet’ legislatures in blow to offer of limited self-rule
Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced Tuesday they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev despite both sides moving to end five months of deadly fighting. The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics said they would hold simultaneous votes on Nov. 2 to choose their leaders...
Poland stages major military maneuvers amid Russia tensions
Poland kicks off major military exercises involving eight NATO partners on Wednesday amid the West’s worst standoff with Russia since the end of the Cold War sparked by differences over the Ukraine crisis. Organized every two years since 2006, this year’s Anaconda maneuvers involve 12,500 soldiers, with 750 from NATO members the U.S....
