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Ukraine rebels move to encircle government troops in new advance
KIEV/ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Russian-backed rebels advanced to encircle a Ukrainian army garrison town on Monday in a new offensive that has again unleashed all-out war after a five-month ceasefire and brought threats of new Western sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: The...
Putin brands Ukraine army a NATO proxy as fighting flares
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday ridiculed the Ukrainian army as NATOs foreign legion, ignoring Western pressure on the Kremlin to rein in a pro-Russian insurgency that has gone on the offensive across eastern Ukraine.Putins comments came as an emergency meeting of the Western alliances NATO-Ukraine Commission was called to...
Malaysia Airline website hacked by group claiming support for IS
The website of embattled Malaysia Airlines has been hacked by a group proclaiming support for Islamic State group. The airline’s site was changed on Monday, at first with a message saying “404 – Plane Not Found” and that it was “Hacked by Cyber Caliphate”. The browser tab for the website said “ISIS will prevail”. Malaysian Airlines is...
NATO chief – Putin comment on NATO legion in Ukraine is 'nonsense'
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg dismissed as “nonsense” allegations made by Russian President Vladimir Putin that a NATO legion was fighting alongside Ukraine government troops in the east of the country. …read more Source: The...
Russia raids Tatar TV in Crimea, drawing OSCE criticism
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian law enforcement officials on Monday raided the premises of Tatar television station ATR in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March, triggering criticism from the OSCE, the European rights watchdog. …read more Source: The...
Shelling briefly traps 500 miners in east Ukraine
The incident occurred in rebel-controlled Donetsk city’s Zasyadko coal mine – one of eastern Europe’s largest and scene of a similar incident on January 11. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany hints at fresh Russia sanctions over Mariupol
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister hinted at further sanctions on Russia on Monday, saying the European Union would have to react if pro-Russian separatists launched a broad offensive on the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. …read more Source: The...
Shelling traps 500 miners in east Ukraine coal shaft
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were trapped on Monday after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia's Putin says Kiev refuses political solution to crisis in east
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the Kiev government was refusing a political solution to violence in the eastern Ukraine where fighting has flared anew in recent days. …read more Source: The...
U.S. has 'more tools' to put pressure on Russia – Lew
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States has “more tools” available to increase pressure on Russia over Ukraine, if required, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
