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Fighting intensifies at Ukraine airport, two soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting intensified around the international airport in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Thursday as pro-Russian separatists stepped up efforts to dislodge government forces and Ukraine’s military said two of its soldiers had been killed. …read more Source: The...
EU may flirt with Moscow, not yet set to yield
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has set out ways to tempt Russia into defusing the Ukraine crisis but the divided bloc is unlikely to ease sanctions or thaw chilly relations with Moscow any time soon. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine steps up mobilisation, warns of renewed Russian 'aggression'
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian forces backing separatist rebels had sharply increased military activity in the east. …read more Source: The...
Worried about Russia? Lithuania says 'Keep calm and read the war manual'
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania is publishing a manual to advise its citizens on how to survive a war on its soil as concerns grow that Russia’s intervention in Ukraine heralds increased assertiveness in its tiny Baltic neighbours. …read more Source: The...
EU's Mogherini suggests better Russia ties to push Ukraine peace
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has suggested EU states could re-engage with Russia on global diplomacy, trade and other issues in return for gradual steps to defuse the crisis over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
New round of peace talks on Ukraine to be held soon – Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – A new round of peace talks on the conflict in Ukraine’s east could be held in the next few days, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, even as Kiev called on the world to ostracise rebel forces over a deadly attack on a bus. …read more Source: The...
Space station crew safe, no ammonia leak confirmed
MIAMI: The six astronauts at the International Space Station are safe and are taking shelter in the Russian segment after an alarm went off on the US side of the orbiting outpost, NASA said Wednesday. The US space agency said it could not confirm that an ammonia leak was the cause, as the Russian space agency reported earlier. “ISS flight...
Toxic leak at International Space Station
MOSCOW: A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station, Russia’s space agency said Wednesday. The “toxic substance was emitted from a cooling system into the station’s atmosphere” in the US segment of the station, the agency said in a...
Ukraine bus attack kills 12 as airport battle worsens
KIEV (Reuters) – A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine, killing 12 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine bus attack kills 10 as airport battle worsens
KIEV (Reuters) – A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces. …read more Source: The...
