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U.S. military trainers in Ukraine may 'destabilise' situation – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilise the situation in the east of the country, where separatists are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The...
300 troops sent to train Ukrainian forces, says US Army
About 300 US paratroopers arrived this week, in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US Army said in a statement. The troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday in Yavoriv, western Ukraine, to spend six months training three battalions of Ukrainian…...
Pro-Russia journalist gunned down in Ukraine
KIEV: An unidentified assailant shot dead a pro-Russian journalist in Ukraine Thursday leading Kiev to brand the latest murders of pro-Moscow figures an enemy “provocation”. Reporter Oles Buzyna, 45, a supporter of Ukraine’s ousted Kremlin-backed president Viktor Yanukovych, was gunned down in central Kiev just hours after the...
Ukraine resort town crumbles under frontline shells
SHYROKYNE: A year ago, the building housed a children’s seaside camp, but now a two-metre blast hole gapes in its whitewashed wall. Once a popular holiday resort, the village of Shyrokyne on the Azov Sea now sits on the frontline of fighting that rumbles on despite a supposed ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. “It was a tank shell,”...
Prosecuting those responsible for MH17 crash key priority: Dutch minister
THE HAGUE: Prosecuting those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew – 193 of them Dutch – is a key priority for the Netherlands, the justice minister said Thursday. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch shift focus to investigating culprits
THE HAGUE: The Dutch government said on Thursday that, with nearly all of the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 identified, efforts had shifted to finding those responsible for shooting the plane down as it crossed Ukraine last July. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said, after meeting counterparts from Malaysia, Ukraine and Australia on the...
MH17: Dutch team find more remains at crash site
THE HAGUE: Dutch investigators have recovered more body parts at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine after searching a location that was previously inaccessible, the Netherlands announced on Thursday. All 298 passengers and crew onboard the Malaysia Airlines jetliner — 193 of them Dutch — died when it was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine...
Schaeuble says economic strength will decide Russia conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that economic strength, rather than military might, would ultimately determine the outcome of the West’s standoff with Russia over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia blames U.S. for security crises and turmoil in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Top Russian officials accused the United States on Thursday of seeking political and military dominance and sought to put blame on the West for international security crises, including the conflict in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
NATO chief concerned at increase in Ukraine violence
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced concern on Thursday over an increase in violence and movements of heavy military equipment in eastern Ukraine, saying they were undermining the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: The...
