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U.S. military to step up drone flights by 2019 – Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military plans to widen its surveillance and firepower in conflict zones worldwide, including in Ukraine and the South China Sea, with a major expansion of U.S. drone flights, the Wall Street Journal reported. …read more Source: The...
Putin's Crimea visit aims to stir up Ukraine conflict – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko criticised Russian leader Vladimir Putin for visiting Russia-annexed Crimea on Monday, saying his action was part of a plan to whip up tensions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Seven civilians killed in fierce Ukrainian clashes
KIEV: Seven civilians have been killed in intense shelling by Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the separatist east of the war-scarred state, officials from both sides said Monday. “Two civilians — a man and a woman — were killed in overnight shelling in Sartana village,” about 2km northeast of the government-held port of...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes with rebels – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists over the past 24 hours, a Kiev military spokesman told journalists on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says Ukraine preparing new offensive against separatists
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia suspects Ukraine is preparing a new offensive against pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine following a spike in fighting in recent days, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a news conference on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Civilians killed as fighting flares in eastern Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in two separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight with several civilians killed by shelling, Ukrainian police and separatist sources said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
US to increase military drone flights
WASHINGTON: The US military will drastically increase drone flights over the next four years, in a bid to boost intelligence and strike capabilities across a growing number of conflict zones, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The Pentagon is planning to expand the number of daily flights from 61 at present to as many as 90 by 2019, a...
Germany says situation in eastern Ukraine 'explosive'
BERLIN (Reuters) – Calling the situation in eastern Ukraine “explosive”, Germany’s foreign minister urged both parties in the conflict to come together quickly for talks to prevent a spiral in violence. …read more Source: The...
Masked men attack Ukraine gay rights activists
Masked men on Saturday fired tear gas into a venue in the Ukraine port city of Odessa where gay rights activists were to hold a forum after deciding against marching in defiance of a ban. They threw “several” tear gas grenades at the participants before fleeing, Odessa Pride spokesman Kyrylo Bodelan told AFP, adding that no one was hurt in the...
Kerry voices concern to Russian counterpart on Ukraine fighting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday expressed “gave concern” to his Russian counterpart about a sharp rise in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine and urged an immediate cease-fire, the State Department said. …read more Source: The...
