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Lithuania minister urges pressure on Russia to stop arms at Ukraine border
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s foreign minister confirmed on Thursday reports that Russia has been massing troops and weaponry near the border of Ukraine and urged pressure on Moscow until it stops supporting Ukrainian rebels. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine minister says east Ukraine fighting could resume soon
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence minister said on Thursday Russia had moved forces into eastern Ukraine and there was a risk of fighting resuming between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists in coming months. …read more Source: The...
Putin classifies information on deaths of Russian troops in peacetime
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations carried out in peacetime to be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending troops to fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin classifies information on deaths of Russian troops on special missions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared all deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations to be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending soldiers to fight in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed by land mine in east Ukraine: regional chief
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and one wounded when they were blown up by a landmine left by pro-Russian separatists near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Bacca double helps Sevilla clinch Europa League
WARSAW: Sevilla retained their Eu ropa League title and lifted the trophy for a record fourth time amid a cascade of tears and ticker tape after securing a 3-2 victory over Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Wednesday’s final. Carlos Bacca claimed the plaudits with a superb double strike, including a late winner to decide a pulsating clash that began...
Foreigners exploiting law loophole to adopt, say Ugandan MPs
KAMPALA: Uganda MPs have raised fresh concerns that hundreds of children have left the country through “dubious circumstances” as a result of foreigners working with local lawyers to exploit a loophole in the law, allowing them to be adopted. Last September, an official report said a boom in Uganda’s “international...
Ukraine faces looming HIV treatment shortage
A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned on Wednesday that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the virus responsible for AIDS. The activists staged a poignant protest in which they marked out territory for a symbolic cemetery outside the government building in central Kiev. “We...
Exclusive – Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine: witness
KHUTOR CHKALOVA, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine still facing ‘continual attacks’ on its territory: Nato
KIEV: A top Nato commander warned Wednesday that “continual attacks” against Ukraine were hampering Kiev’s efforts to modernise its army enough to one day join the Western military alliance. “We are well aware of the formidable challenges that Ukraine is facing,” Nato’s political affairs and security chief...
