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U.S. has not made decision on lethal support for Ukraine – State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has not made a decision on whether to provide lethal assistance to Kiev as it weighs options on how to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists, a State Department spokeswoman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Rebels pound Ukrainian troops after peace talks fail
YENAKIEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Separatist rockets streaked across hills in eastern Ukraine on Monday as rebels pounded the positions of Ukrainian government troops holding a strategic rail town while both sides pressed ahead with mobilising more forces for combat. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin calls for end to fighting in east Ukraine – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is “extremely concerned” over the situation in east Ukraine and has called on rival sides to end the fighting, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Dutch search team recovers remains, MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday, the Dutch government said. …read more Source: The...
West must be ready for long standoff with Russia – NATO official
OSLO (Reuters) – The West must be ready for a long standoff with Russia over Ukraine and not quickly resume normal ties as it did after the 2008 Georgian war, a top NATO official said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Merkel says ceasefire must be restored in Ukraine
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed on Monday for a ceasefire to be urgently restored in Ukraine, under the terms of the Minsk peace plan, and added Germany would not support Kiev’s military forces through deliveries of weapons. …read more Source: The...
Dutch team at MH17 crash site to collect more remains
THE HAGUE: A Dutch team is at the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines jetliner crashed in July, officials said on Monday. “At the moment there’s a small team at the crash site,” Dutch defence ministry spokeswoman Marloes Visser told AFP....
Russia's Lavrov says U.S. backs military solution in Ukraine
BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Monday of supporting efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine militarily after media reports that Washington is taking a new look at providing Kiev’s forces with lethal aid. …read more Source: The...
East Ukraine rebels plan 'general mobilisation'
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Separatist forces fighting government forces in eastern Ukraine plan a “general mobilisation” under which thousands of men will be called up, one of their main leaders was quoted as saying on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says five more soldiers killed overnight in fighting in the east
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 29 wounded in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Ukraine military spokesman said on Monday morning. …read more Source: The...
