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Ukraine: 13 troops killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels
Russian-backed separatists kept up their assault Sunday on a railway hub in eastern Ukraine, the fiercest battle in fighting that the government said has killed 13 of its troops and wounded 20 others over the last day. The separatists attacked several villages around the town of Debaltseve, a rail link between the two rebel strongholds […] The...
Kiev and separatists trade blame as Ukraine peace talks collapse
Peace talks on Ukraine collapsed Saturday after just over four hours with no tangible progress toward a new cease-fire but with Ukraine’s representative and separatist envoys angrily accusing each other of sabotaging the meeting. Ukraine’s representative, former President Leonid Kuchma, left the talks in Belarusian capital of Minsk,...
World › Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies
Outgoing heavy-caliber fire boomed incessantly, shaking the ground and rattling windows around the besieged town. Residents of Debaltseve, seemingly inured to the racket, listened impassively as they mustered at the town hall on Saturday to be evacuated with as many belongings as they could carry. The government-held town has been… …read...
US Treasury Allows Personal Remittances to and From Crimea
US Treasury announced that US persons and banking institutions to be allowed to transfer money to and from Crimea so long as the transaction is … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Ukraine to ask U.N. members to call Russia a terrorism sponsor
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations says his country soon will ask the world body’s member states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. Yuriy Sergeyev told reporters on Friday that Ukraine will submit a draft resolution to the U.N. General Assembly that echoes the declaration by the… …read more Source:...
Spooked by Russia, Poland steps up paramilitary training for its civlians
Poland’s defense minister on Thursday said the nation will soon allow civilians to sign up for military training, as it reinforces its defense system due to anxiety over events in Ukraine. “All citizens interested in taking part in military exercises will be able to sign up starting March 1″ at regional recruitment centres, Tomasz Siemoniak...
Russian mother of seven accused of treason over Ukraine
A mother of seven has been accused of treason for calling the Ukrainian Embassy about Russian troop movements in the latest sign of Moscow attempting to cover up its intervention in its neighboring state. Svetlana Davydova, 36, was arrested last week by a group of men in black uniforms who burst into her apartment in […] The post Russian mother...
Rights abuses fueled rise of Islamic militants: Human Rights Watch
Governments increasingly view human rights as “a luxury” they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that abuses fuel crises in world trouble spots like Syria and Ukraine. Western powers, including the United States, are far from blameless and in some cases their wrongdoing has fed the very climate in which serial rights […]...
US warns Russia over Ukraine ‘escalation,’ welcomes new EU sanctions
The United States told Russia on Thursday that it is mulling fresh sanctions over the fighting in Ukraine and welcomed a move by the European Union to broaden existing measures imposed on Moscow. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the agreement by EU foreign ministers to expand existing European sanctions “is just a further sign […] The...
World › Russia-backed rebels overrun another town in east Ukraine
Ukraine’s military conceded Thursday that its forces had been overrun by Russian-backed separatist forces in another town in their battle to hold onto a strategically valuable railway hub. A soldier wounded in combat for the town, Vuhlehirsk, said armored vehicles and tanks were used in the attack on government positions,… …read more...
