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Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running Monday as clashes raged in a town on the road to the area. With government troops intensifying their push to claw back more territory from pro-Russian separatist rebels, the death toll is mounting […] The post...
Police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
An international police team abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines plane for a second day running Monday as clashes raged in a town on the road to the area. With government troops intensifying their push to claw back more territory from pro-Russian separatist rebels, the death toll is mounting […] The post...
Pushing locals aside, Russians take top rebel posts in east Ukraine
As Ukrainian troops gained ground in eastern Ukraine in early July, separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, a Russian national, left for Moscow for political consultations. After what he described as successful talks with unnamed people there, he returned to the rebel stronghold of Donetsk to introduce a new senior figure in his self-proclaimed...
Russia fired rockets into Ukraine: U.S.
The U.S. stepped up pressure on Moscow on Sunday by releasing satellite images it says show that rockets have been fired from Russia into neighboring eastern Ukraine and that heavy artillery for pro-Russian separatists has crossed the border. The images, which came from the U.S. Director of National Intelligence and could not be independently...
Russia claims Kerry is ‘hindering’ OSCE in Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday accused his U.S. counterpart of hindering the OSCE’s work in Ukraine and urged him to stop, Moscow said in a statement, as fighting raged around the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17. Sergei Lavrov in a telephone conversation “asked John Kerry to order his subordinates to stop hindering the...
World › Fighting complicates Ukraine crash site probe; U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions
Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation on Sunday as Europe and the United States prepared economic sanctions on Russia over the conflict. At least thirteen people were killed in clashes between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels which raged in five areas…...
Malaysia PM: Agreement reached with Ukraine separatists on MH17 access
An agreement has been reached with separatists in Ukraine to enable international police to oversee a site where a Malaysian plane was downed and investigators to determine why the aircraft crashed, Malaysia’s prime minister said on Sunday. Pro-Russian separatists remain in control of the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot...
Dutch experts identify first victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight
Forensic experts have identified the first of 298 people killed in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, the Dutch government said, as grieving relatives defied safety concerns to pay an emotional visit to the crash site in eastern Ukraine. A truce has been called in the immediate area around the site by both the Kiev […] The post...
Ukraine launches offensive to retake rebel stronghold of Donetsk
Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by pro-Russia rebels. The move comes as Ukrainian forces appear to have gained some momentum recently by retaking control of territory from the rebels. But Russia also […] The post...
World › Australia to send armed personnel to MH17 site
Australia said Sunday “a number” of armed personnel will enter the MH17 crash site next week, but stressed they would be a “non-threatening force” not accompanied by military troops. Australia and the Netherlands have been readying their forces ahead of a possible deployment to rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine...
