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More than 5,000 killed Ukraine since April, toll may be far higher – U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll in the conflict in Ukraine that began last April now exceeds 5,000 and may be far more, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine separatist leader won't seek ceasefire talks – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leader of pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, Alexander Zakharchenko, was quoted by Interfax news agency on Friday as saying he no longer planned to seek ceasefire talks with the Ukrainian authorities. …read more Source: The...
European Union to consider increasing aid to Ukraine – diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will discuss on Tuesday increasing the bloc’s emergency aid to Ukraine to as much as 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion), more than the 1.8 billion euros already proposed by the European Commission, diplomats said. …read more Source: The...
US to back new system warning airlines in conflict zones
TORONTO/MONTREAL: The United States will throw its support behind a proposal by the UN’s aviation agency to share information about risks to commercial aircraft over conflict zones after the downing of a Malaysian jet in Ukraine last year, according to a senior US official. The UN agency’s plan falls short of what airlines sought in...
U.N. council urges probe of bus attack in eastern Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday called for an investigation of a deadly attack on a trolley bus in Ukraine’s rebel-controlled eastern city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine troops cede prized airport to pro-Russia rebels
Armoured personnel carriers patrol in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 22, 2015 -© AFP / by Dmitry Zaks KIEV: Ukraine’s military on Thursday said days of unceasing artillery strikes by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to abandon a shattered airport that had become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war....
Ukraine cedes airport on one of bloodiest days of war
Ukrainian forces on Thursday ceded a long-disputed airport to Russian-backed rebels as an upsurge in clashes killed nearly 50 people and punctured Europe’s latest push for peace in the nine-month war. The deadliest day of fighting since the signing of an increasingly irrelevant September truce also saw Moscow and Kiev trade bitter blame for...
After MH17 tragedy, US to back new system warning airlines in conflict zones
The United States will throw its support behind a proposal by the UN’s aviation agency to share information about risks to commercial aircraft over conflict zones after the downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine last year, according to a senior US official. The UN agency’s plan falls short of what airlines sought in the...
Ukraine leader says pro-Russia rebels paid ‘high price’ for attacks
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko gestures as he speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum on January 21, 2015 in Davos -© AFP/File KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that pro-Russian rebels had paid a “high price” for their escalating attacks on government forces across the separatist east. “Our enemy paid a...
Ukraine sees imports of European gas overtaking Russian gas this year
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to cover up to 60 percent of this year’s gas import needs with supplies from Europe, leaving its once-dominant supplier Russia delivering the rest, the head of the state energy firm told Reuters on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
