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Eight civilians reported killed in shelling of Donetsk trolley stop; foes blame each other
An artillery shell or mortar round struck a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least eight civilians in an incident both sides blamed on the other. The attack, which wrecked a trolleybus and blew out windows nearby, followed a night of intense fighting at the […] The post Eight...
Rebels parade Ukrainian POWs through shelled city of Donetsk
Captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded through the rebel-held city of Donetsk on Thursday and forced to kneel before angry locals who spat and pelted them with snowballs and shards of glass. Adding insult to injury for the troops forced to abandon Donetsk airport after months of bloody combat, the pro-Russian authorities marched their prisoners...
Clinton urges more financial military aid to Ukraine
Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the United States should offer more financial and military aid to the Ukrainian government as it fights Russian-backed separatists, dismissing the idea … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
New flashpoint in east Ukraine; Russia backs arms pullback
Separatist forces in eastern Ukraine deployed large quantities of arms and manpower Wednesday to an emerging flashpoint, undermining hopes for a new peace initiative. Ukraine’s president cut short a visit to Switzerland to deal with the unfolding crisis. Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that both Ukrainian...
World › Merkel plays down expectations as new Ukraine talks start
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she hoped a new round of talks with Ukraine and Russia in Berlin could help implement an elusive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine but warned against expecting too much, given another upsurge in the violence. With pro-Moscow rebels intensifying their attacks and Kiev planning… …read more Source:...
Crimea, eastern Ukraine face AIDS epidemic, U.N. says
A lethal health crisis is brewing in Russian-annexed Crimea and war-torn eastern Ukraine, where heroin users have lost access to therapy to wean them off the drug, the U.N.’s AIDS envoy said Wednesday. Out of 805 people in Crimea who before the annexation were receiving opioid substitution therapy (OST), a tried and tested U.N.-backed...
Russian forces attacking Ukraine troops in separatist east, Kiev says
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a September truce deal. The charges — met with initial silence by Moscow — should add further tensions to difficult talks in Berlin on Wednesday aimed at stemming a spike in fighting...
Japan ready to extend $300 mil. to Ukraine: Kishida
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On Ukraine’s frontline, volunteer medics do what they can
From doctors to students and businessmen, volunteers are risking their lives to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the frontline. Some of them are based in the village of Vodiane, near Donetsk airport, where heavy fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces has flared again since Thursday. Yuri Bondar, 29, drives an...
Japan, Germany agree to closely cooperate over Ukraine
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