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World › Ukraine captures Russian soldiers ahead of key talks
Kiev’s security service on Monday said its army in the war-torn east has captured 10 Russian paratroopers on Ukrainian soil, ramping up tensions on the eve of crunch talks on the conflict. Soldiers from the 98th airborne division based in central Russia were captured near the Ukrainian village of Dzerkalne,… …read more Source: Japan...
Ukrainian president dissolves parliament
Ukraine’s president on Monday dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions. In a statement on his website, President Petro Poroshenko said snap elections would be held Oct. 26. Poroshenko said the dissolution, which was prefigured by the...
Russian tank column has entered southeast Ukraine: Kiev
A column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles entered southeastern Ukraine around dawn Monday, a Ukrainian official said — a move that brings the conflict to an area that has so far escaped the intense fighting of recent weeks. The reported incursion came a day ahead of a summit that includes both Russian President Vladimir […] The post Russian...
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of opening new front in separatist war
The Ukrainian military said Monday that a group of Russian forces, in the guise of separatist rebels, had crossed into south-east Ukraine with ten tanks and two armored infantry vehicles, aiming to open a new front in the separatist war. Earlier, a separate military statement said border guards had halted the armored column outside Novoazovsk,...
Ukraine celebrates independence day as rebels parade captives
As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers down the besieged streets of Donetsk and displayed charred wreckage of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. Sunday’s rival demonstrations on...
Rebels parade captured Ukrainian soldiers in east
To shouts of “Fascists!” and “Hang them from a tree!” captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded through the streets of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday as bystanders pelted them with eggs, water bottles and tomatoes. The spectacle of the bruised and filthy soldiers being marched hands bound and surrounded by gun-toting pro-Russian...
World › Ukraine defiant on national day; rebels parade captives
As armored vehicles rumbled through downtown Kiev in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded captured soldiers down the besieged streets of Donetsk and displayed charred wreckages of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. Sunday’s rival demonstrations on...
Poroshenko plans $3 billion boost for Ukraine’s defense spending by 2017
President Petro Poroshenko announced plans Sunday to boost his country’s defense spending by an estimated 50 percent as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east. During a speech marking Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Poroshenko made his pledge to spend an extra 40 billion hryvnia...
Russian aid trucks leave; highlight dire needs
Hundreds of Russian aid trucks returned home from rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Saturday, highlighting a dire need for long-term assistance to the region where homes and livelihoods have been destroyed by months of fighting. Ahead of a much-anticipated meeting on Tuesday between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela...
World › Merkel urges Ukraine truce as Russia convoy returns home
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for a new ceasefire in crisis talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday, as a controversial Russian convoy returned home. The visit by Merkel — the most influential Western leader to call on Kiev since the crisis erupted in the ex-Soviet state — came… …read more Source:...
