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Ukraine loses five more soldiers in the east in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 27 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
16 civilians killed in latest Ukraine fighting: officials
KIEV (AFP) – At least 16 civilians have been killed in fierce fighting across east Ukraine over the past 24 hours, government and rebel officials said on Tuesday.Five civilians were killed around battleground town Debaltseve, six in and around rebel centre Donetsk, and five in neighbouring Lugansk region, pro-Kiev officials and rebels...
The artillery fire also damaged homes in four districts.
In Ukraine, five people were killed and 13 injured during an artillery fire in Donetsk town. The artillery fire also damaged homes in four districts. …read more Source: Radio...
Search team recovers remains, MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday, the Dutch government said. The plane was shot down on July 17, killing 298 passengers and crew, two-thirds of them Dutch. Forensics teams in the Netherlands have so far identified 295 victims with...
Dutch team at MH17 crash site
THE HAGUE (AFP): A Dutch team is at the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines jetliner crashed in July, officials said on Monday. “At the moment there’s a small team at the crash site,” Dutch defence ministry spokeswoman Marloes Visser told AFP. … …read...
Ukraine fighter leader ‘to raise 100,000 men’
KIEV (BBC): Pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko has announced plans to recruit 100,000 men, as fighting with Ukrainian forces intensifies. The fighters want to push government forces out of the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and are trying to capture the key town of Debaltseve. Dozens of people including civilians were...
Obama continues to review Ukraine policy: White House
FILE- US President Barack Obama. (Source: AP Photo) President Barack Obama continues to evaluate the US policy on the Ukraine crisis with the objective of further isolating Russia and convince Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to reevaluate his strategy. “The President’s view continues to be that this administration needs to be continually...
War in Eastern Ukraine has only just begun
Pyotr Romanov The time has come to admit that diplomacy is not all-powerful, and that endless calls for peace, in the absence of real conditions for peace, eventually devolve into demagoguery. Such calls are outwardly very humane, but inwardly devoid of content. Of course, even a “bad peace” is better than a “good war,” but … …read...
Rebels pound Ukrainian troops after peace talks fail
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
MH17: Dutch team recovers remains, wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine yesterday, the Dutch government said. …read more Source: New Straits...
