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Dozens killed in E. Ukraine as fighting flares up
Ukrainian authorities said Thursday that dozens of people were killed in the east of the country over the past day as fighting flared up in the restive areas, putting additional strain to a four-month-old ceasefire. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion threat after fighting surge
KIEV: Ukraine’s president told his military on Thursday to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border, a day after the worst fighting with Russian-backed separatists in months. His address in parliament was one of the first times Petro Poroshenko has used the word “invasion” to refer to...
Russia’s Putin to Visit Pope Francis at the Vatican
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Pope Francis on June 10 at the Vatican, with conflicts in Syria and Ukraine likely to top the Holy See’s agenda. Putin last called on Francis on Nov. 25, 2013. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Thursday the meeting… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Warring sides in tense east Ukraine faceoff after fierce firefight
Separatist and government troops in east Ukraine stood nervously poised hundreds of meters apart Thursday in the wake of bloody battle that has threatened to demolish what remains of the brittle cease-fire there. Underscoring anxieties in the Ukrainian capital, President Petro Poroshenko warned of a possible large-scale offensive by separatist...
John Kerry, on Crutches After Leg Surgery, Briefed by Chief of Staff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, on crutches after surgery on a broken leg, was briefed by his chief of staff, Jonathan Finer, in Boston on Thursday on issues related to Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine… …read more Source:...
Kiev warns of new fighting ‘threat’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Thursday of the “colossal threat” of major clashes in eastern Ukraine where at least 26 people have died in renewed fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Global...
Colossal threat of new fighting: Poroshenko
Ukraine’s president told his military on Thursday to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border, a day after the worst fighting with Russian-back… …read more Source: The...
Prominent Soviet Dissident Leonid Plyushch Dies
Communist-era Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was detained for almost three years in a psychiatric ward by the Soviet authorities, died Thursday aged 76 close to Paris, a friend told AFP. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s President Poroshenko Warns of Russian Invasion Threat After Fighting Surge
Ukraine’s president told his military on Thursday to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border, a day after the worst fighting with Russian-backed separatists… …read more Source:...
White House ‘Concerned’ About Surge in East Ukraine Fighting
The United States is concerned over a recent flare-up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, a senior White House official said Thursday. …read more Source:...
