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Shelling kills two children in eastern Ukraine – defence ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – A seven-year-old child and a sixteen-year-old teenager were killed when a missile struck a house in the town of Vuhlehirsk in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's military says troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops launched a “mass operation” overnight and have retaken almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine lost to separatists in recent weeks, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Fighting rages anew at Ukraine airport, 3 soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting raged on Saturday at the main airport of Ukraine’s city of Donetsk as separatists resumed attempts to break the tenuous grip of government forces on the complex and Kiev’s military said three more Ukrainian soldiers had been killed. …read more Source: The...
U.S., UK agree sanctions to remain on Russia – Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron have agreed to keep sanctions on Russia until it stops its aggression in Ukraine, Obama told a press conference on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Fighting rages at airport, new Ukraine peace talks elusive
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting raged at the international airport in the big Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday as a fresh attempt to resume peace talks to end the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine failed. …read more Source: The...
Russia could soon run multiple Ukraine-sized operations – U.S. general
WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) – Russia is working to develop within a few years the capability to threaten several neighbours at once on the scale of its present operation in Ukraine, a senior American general said. …read more Source: The...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed, fighting rages at airport – Kiev officials
KIEV (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in attacks by separatists in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Friday as fighting raged at the international airport in the big eastern city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The...
Russia regrets Ukraine's move to rotate troops in east
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian is concerned that a rotation by Kiev of frontline forces in eastern Ukraine could undermine peace efforts, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine needs "financial mobilisation" – Finance Minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine needs “financial mobilisation” and further help from foreign backers to survive the economic crisis, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Friday, stressing that the country was meeting all its current foreign debt obligations. …read more Source: The...
Obama, Merkel express concern about Ukraine in call
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed concerns over an increase in violence in Ukraine during a call on Thursday, the White House said. …read more Source: The...
