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World › Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, armor
Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of entering its territory with tanks, artillery and troops, and Western powers said Moscow had “outright lied” about its role and dangerously escalated the conflict. Russia dismissed the allegations, describing the fighters there as “Russian volunteers.” The Kremlin has repeatedly denied...
U.S. weighs options, increased sanctions in response to Russian encroachment in Ukraine
The United States accused Russia on Thursday of actively fighting in eastern Ukraine in support of separatist forces and said it was considering a range of possible responses, including increased sanctions. “It is clear that Russia has not only stepped up its presence in eastern Ukraine and intervened directly with combat forces, armored...
Poroshenko says Russian troops have entered Ukrainian territory
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday that Russia has moved troops and heavy artillery over the border into the territory of Ukraine and he has canceled his planned visit to Turkey. Russia’s Interfax news service said the Russian Defense Ministry denies Moscow sent military units to Ukraine. At a meeting of the National...
World › Battle for Ukraine’s southeast coast intensifies
Pushing west in a new offensive along Ukraine’s strategic coastline, heavily armed Russian-backed separatist forces captured new territory Wednesday far from their previous battles with government troops. The bold offensive along a new southeastern front raised the prospect that the separatists are seeking to create a land link between...
Battle for key southeast coast heats up in Ukraine
The battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline heated up Wednesday as a local mayor reported that pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeast Ukraine after three days of heavy shelling. Novoazovsk, a resort town of 40,000 on the Sea of Azov, lies in a strategically significant location — on the road linking Russia to […] The post...
Poroshenko to seek ceasefire after ‘very tough’ talks with Putin
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised after late-night negotiations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to work on an urgent cease-fire plan to defuse the separatist conflict in the east of his former Soviet republic. The first talks between the two leaders since June were described by Putin as positive, but he said it was not for Russia...
World › Russia, Ukraine talks end without major breakthrough
Talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine apparently failed to make a major breakthrough towards ending brutal fighting in east Ukraine Wednesday as strongman Vladimir Putin played down the entry by his troops into the former Soviet state. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Putin sat down for a crunch… …read more Source: Japan...
World › Putin says he is ready to ‘do everything’ if Ukraine peace process starts
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he was willing to “do everything” if a peace process to end fighting in Ukraine’s war-torn east gets underway following talks with Ukraine’s leader. “Russia will do everything for the peace process if it begins,” Putin told journalists after a one-on-one...
Ukraine says detained Russian soldiers were on ‘special mission’
Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces had captured a group of Russian paratroopers who had crossed into Ukrainian territory on a “special mission” — but Moscow said they had ended up there by mistake. The Ukrainian military meanwhile reported pro-Russian separatist forces were shelling the town of Novoazovsk and buildings there, including a...
Weapons convoys seen rolling in eastern Ukraine
For several evenings this month, convoys of military weaponry passed with clockworklike regularity through Krasnodon, a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine near the porous border with Russia. The convoys were seen three times last week by Associated Press reporters, and one of them carried about 30 units of weaponry and supplies. All were coming...