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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 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...
Netherlands to pursue ‘thorough investigation’ into downed MH17 flight
NEW YORK: The Netherlands is to pursue a ‘thorough investigation’ into the cause of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in July last year. This was stated Tuesday by Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders during an event held at the International Peace Institute in New York where he delivered a lecture on the...
‘Russian forces’ attack Ukraine troops in separatist east
KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers after crossing over into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a September truce deal. The charges – met with initial silence by Moscow – should add further tensions to difficult talks in Berlin on Wednesday aimed at stemming a spike in...
China ‘never paid businessman’ who bought aircraft carrier
BEIJING: The Chinese businessman who bought an unfinished Soviet-era vessel that became his country’s first aircraft carrier was quoted yesterday as saying that Beijing never repaid the US$120 million it cost him. Entrepreneur Xu Zengping paid Ukraine a US$20 million fee for the Varyag, which was eventually commissioned into the...
Russian forces attack Ukraine troops in separatist east: Kiev
A Ukrainian soldier walks near an armoured personnel carrier in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, on December 24, 2014 -© AFP/File KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republic’s separatist east. “In violation of all prior...
Ukraine claim 700 Russian troops cross border to help rebels
A Pro-Russian separatist warms himself beside a stove at a checkpoint in the eastern city of Donetsk, on January 9, 2014 -© AFP KIEV: Ukraine’s military claimed that some 700 Russian troops crossed into the country Monday to aid rebels fighting for control of the country’s east. “This morning, two groups of armed forces from the...
European leaders to show solidarity at Paris attacks rally
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy signs a book of condolences at the French Embassy in Madrid on January 9, 2015 for victims of a terror attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead -© Pool/AFP / by Danny Kemp BRUSSELS: European leaders will make an extraordinary show of support for France by joining a mass rally in Paris...
US scaling back bases in Europe in cost-cutting move
WASHINGTON: The US military said Thursday it will close a major air base in Britain and withdraw from 14 other installations across Europe as part of a reorganisation of forces to save money. The ‘consolidation’ will save the US government about US$500 million a year and not diminish American military power, Pentagon officials said, but the...
Dutch probe secret service role ahead of MH17 crash
The crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in a field near the village of Grabove, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014 -© AFP/File THE HAGUE: The Netherlands wants to know whether its intelligence services warned airlines of danger about flying over war-torn Ukraine prior to the downing of flight MH17 in July,...
