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Deadliest attacks by pro-Russian rebels threaten Ukraine truce
Ukraine’s truce and troops withdrawal deal lay in tatters Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month left nine soldiers and four civilians dead. Thirteen soldiers and civilians were killed in 24 hours, officials said Monday, in the worst violence since the government and pro-Russian...
Russia opens criminal case on Kiev for 'genocide' in east
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia opened a criminal case on Monday into what it called Kiev’s genocide of Russian-speaking residents in eastern Ukraine in a move that could increase tensions during a strained ceasefire in the region. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainians say Russian troops captured them in east Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian soldiers have offered new evidence of direct Russian military involvement in eastern Ukraine, saying they were captured by Russian troops in a battle that became a turning point in the conflict. …read more Source: The...
Russia cannot change EU-Ukraine deal – EU trade nominee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia will not be allowed to amend a planned free trade deal between the European Union and Ukraine, the woman set to become the EU’s new trade chief said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
American becomes a rebel with a cause in east Ukraine
YASYNUVATA: With his face hidden behind a camouflage balaclava and an assault rifle slung over his shoulder, “Hunter” looks like other separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine. What distinguishes him from his brothers in arms in the Vostok (East) battalion, an irregular pro-Russian militia fighting government forces, is his American accent – and...
American becomes a rebel with a cause in east Ukraine
YASYNUVATA Ukraine (Reuters) – With his face hidden behind a camouflage balaclava and an assault rifle slung over his shoulder, “Hunter” looks like other separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
France, Germany offer drones to monitor Ukraine ceasefire
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Germany have offered to deploy drones as part of efforts by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) to beef up monitoring of the ceasefire in Ukraine, France’s foreign ministry said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel attack despite ceasefire – military
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed late on Sunday when a separatist shell hit their armoured personnel carrier near the main airport at Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Echoes of the past at Ukraine’s rebel-held WWII monument
SNIZHNE: The Savur-Mohyla memorial in east Ukraine, commemorating thousands of Russian and German soldiers who perished in World War II, stood for decades as testament to the strategic hill’s bloodstained history. Seventy years later, fighting between pro-Moscow rebels and Kiev’s army has made the site in the hotspot Donetsk region,...
Analysis – Ukraine leader clings to European goal despite Putin
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine towards its dream of a place in Europe – but Russia’s Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him. …read more Source: The...
