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At least 68 children killed in Ukraine violence since March last year: UNICEF
At least 68 children were reportedly killed and 180 others injured since March last year as a result of conflict in eastern Ukraine, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) said on Friday. …read more Source: <a href=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-06/13/c_134322244.htm target=_blank title="At least 68 children killed in...
Caught in middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s land
In this photo taken on Thursday, June 11, 2015, a boy rides a bicycle past the sign reading “Severodonetsk” in the town of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.(Source: AP) A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy...
Ukraine, Russia protest over attacks on each other's diplomatic missions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine protested to Russia on Saturday after mobs vandalised its embassy in Moscow and its consulate in Rostov-on-Don overnight, a day after Russia made a similar protest to Ukraine over damage to the Russian consulate in Kharkiv. …read more Source: The...
Six Ukrainian servicemen killed, 14 wounded in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory in the past 24 hours, despite a four-month-old ceasefire deal, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON: Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts life’s new reality across the border in Russia. “Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it,” the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
While none of the former fighters say they regret their choice to sign up with the rebels, many seem angry with how things have turned out in east Ukraine.Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells WestWest, Russia trade accusations at U.N. over new Ukraine violenceForget tanks. It’s Russia’s ruble that’s conquering East...
At least 68 children killed in Ukraine violence since March last year: UNICEF
At least 68 children were reportedly killed and 180 others injured since March last year as a result of conflict in eastern Ukraine, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) said on Friday. …read more Source: Global...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON (AFP) – Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts lifes new reality across the border in Russia.Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it, the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in...
Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US plane, says Pentagon
The Pentagon said a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US plane A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to an American reconnaissance aircraft during an “unprofessional” intercept in international airspace over the Black Sea last month, the Pentagon said today. The American RC-135 was conducting routine operations on May 30 when...
IMF: Ukraine cannot use reserves to pay bondholders
WASHINGTON (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Friday that Ukraine cannot use its central bank reserves to pay creditors, rebuffing a suggestion by bondholders that it do so.The reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine cannot be used for sovereign debt service without the government incurring new debt, which runs against the aims of...
