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Shelling hits Ukraine bus, killing 10, as airport battle worsens
Shelling hit a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine today, killing at least 10 people, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces. The bus attack near the town of Volnovakha south of Donetsk, which is the heart of a nine-month-old separatist conflict, further…...
Concern for hunger-striking Ukraine pilot held in Russia
MOSCOW: The health of a female Ukrainian helicopter pilot detained by Russia is causing ‘concern’ as a hunger strike she is staging enters its second month, her lawyer said Tuesday. Nadia Savchenko has been refusing food since Dec 13 to protest her detention by Moscow on charges of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists...
Ukraine clashes kill four, including three civilians
KIEV: Three Ukrainian civilians and a soldier were reported killed on Tuesday in the latest wave of fighting across the country’s separatist east. The Ukrainian military said another 10 soldiers were wounded in Grad rocket and mortar attacks by pro-Russian insurgents based around the eastern industrial city of Donetsk. The upsurge in...
U.S. to back $2 billion in loan guarantees for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to provide up to $2 billion (1.31 billion pounds) in loan guarantees to Ukraine this year, the U.S. Treasury said on Tuesday, as part of a broader international package to stave off bankruptcy in the country. …read more Source: The...
Shell hits bus in eastern Ukraine, 10 killed – regional spokesman
KIEV (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and 13 were injured when a shell struck a passenger bus at a government army checkpoint in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, a regional press spokesman said. …read more Source: The...
Russia to strengthen military capabilities in Crimea, Kaliningrad, Arctic – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to strengthen its military capabilities this year in Crimea, the Arctic and its westernmost region of Kaliningrad, RIA news agency quoted the head of the armed forces’ general staff as saying on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Ceasefire holds key to talks on Ukraine crisis, says Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Talks on the Ukraine crisis can advance only when both sides fully observe a ceasefire in the country’s east to open the way for the full implementation of a four-month-old peace deal, Russia said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Interpol puts Ukraine's Yanukovich, two allies, on wanted list
KIEV (Reuters) – Interpol has put ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich and two members of his former government on the international wanted list at the behest of Ukraine, according to a notice on its website on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive – Ukraine tensions keep Putin away from Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to join world leaders gathering at the site of the Auschwitz death camp this month because distrust caused by the conflict in Ukraine has cast a pall on arrangements to commemorate the Holocaust. …read more Source: The...
Russia unlikely to extradite Yanukovich – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is likely to decline any request to extradite ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing a source familiar with situation. …read more Source: The...
