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      Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault
      Feb18

      Ukrainian forces quit besieged town after rebel assault

      ARTEMIVSK/BULAVYNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine pulled thousands of troops out of an encircled town on Wednesday after a massive assault by pro-Russian rebels, who ignored a new ceasefire to seize the strategic railway junction. …read more Source: The...

      US hasn’t exhausted toolkit on Russia sanctions – energy envoy
      Feb18

      US hasn’t exhausted toolkit on Russia sanctions – energy envoy

      The United States could intensify sanctions against Russia if the Kremlin continues to destabilize eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. government official said. …read more Source: Channel...

      Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town
      Feb18

      Ukraine troops pull out of besieged flashpoint town

      Ukrainian troops pulled out of a besieged flashpoint eastern town on Wednesday (Feb 18) after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally-backed truce. …read more Source: Channel...

      Ukraine Troops Pull Out of Besieged Eastern Town of Debaltseve
      Feb18

      Ukraine Troops Pull Out of Besieged Eastern Town of Debaltseve

      Ukrainian troops pulled out of the flashpoint eastern town of Debaltseve on Wednesday after it was stormed by pro-Russian rebels in what the EU said was a “clear violation” of an internationally-backe… …read more Source:...

      U.S. hasn't exhausted toolkit on Russia sanctions – energy envoy
      Feb18

      U.S. hasn't exhausted toolkit on Russia sanctions – energy envoy

      NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States could intensify sanctions against Russia if the Kremlin continues to destabilise eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. government official said. …read more Source: The...

      OSCE assembly rejects proposed Russian delegate
      Feb18

      OSCE assembly rejects proposed Russian delegate

      VIENNA (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) parliamentary assembly rejected Russia’s attempt to sign up a woman representing annexed Crimea as a delegate to the group, it said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...

      Ukraine seen pushing back debt repayments amid economic struggles
      Feb18

      Ukraine seen pushing back debt repayments amid economic struggles

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine is likely to push back debt repayments for four years under an international bailout package to give the government more time to get its war-torn economy back on track, a global financial industry group said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...

      Twenty-two Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in Debaltseve – armed forces general staff
      Feb18

      Twenty-two Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in Debaltseve – armed forces general staff

      KIEV (Reuters) – Twenty-two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and more than 150 were wounded in fighting with Russian-backed separatists in the railway junction of Debaltseve in the last few days, Interfax news agency quoted the armed forces general staff as saying on Wednesday …read more Source: The...

      Rebels assault Ukrainian forces
      Feb18

      Rebels assault Ukrainian forces

      Ukraine- Government forces were pulling out of an encircled town in eastern Ukraine today after a fierce assault by Russian-backed separatists which Kiev and Europe said violated a crumbling ceasefire. President Petro Poroshenko said more than 80 percent of his troops had left the rail hub following a heavy bombardment and street-by-street...

      Ukrainian forces start to quit besieged town
      Feb18

      Ukrainian forces start to quit besieged town

      KIEV: Some Ukrainian forces began to pull out of a town under siege by Russian-backed separatists today as renewed fighting threatened to wreck an international deal aimed at ending the conflict. Rebel forces, who the pro-Western government in Kiev say are supported and armed by Moscow, fought their way into the eastern Ukrainian town of...