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Ukraine claim 700 Russian troops cross border to help rebels
A Pro-Russian separatist warms himself beside a stove at a checkpoint in the eastern city of Donetsk, on January 9, 2014 -© AFP KIEV: Ukraine’s military claimed that some 700 Russian troops crossed into the country Monday to aid rebels fighting for control of the country’s east. “This morning, two groups of armed forces from the...
Time not right to ease Russia sanctions, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU’s foreign policy chief, as violence intensified in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Shelling hits Ukraine hospital, Kiev alleges Russian troops cross border
Sporadic shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk and shook other parts of the region on Monday while Ukraine alleged that hundreds of Russian troops crossed the border to help rebels fighting for control of the country’s east. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine claims 700 Russian troops cross border
Meanwhile sporadic shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk and shook other parts of the region on Monday (Jan 19). The hospital hit is located in the centre of the city, and rebel officials who control the area reported six wounded including one doctor and five patients. …read more Source: Channel...
Fighting rages near Donetsk airport as Russia and Ukraine bicker
Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east on Monday after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a “strategic mistake”. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Shells ‘hit hospital’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk city centre in eastern Ukraine on Monday, leaving six wounded while also damaging the front of the building and blowing out windows, rebel officials and witnesses said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Moscow warns Kiev over use of force in east Ukraine: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Kiev was trying to solve the crisis in east Ukraine through military force which was a “strategic mistake” that could lead to “irreversible consequences for the Ukrainian statehood”. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine claim 700 Russian troops cross border to help rebels
January 19, 2015 10:18 PMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine’s military claimed that some 700 Russian troops crossed into the country on Monday to aid rebels fighting for control of the country’s east. …read more Source: The Straits...
Oil price plunge drags down Russian economy: EBRD bank
[LONDON] Russia’s battered economy will shrink by a far worse-than-expected 4.8 per cent this year, as plunging oil prices add to fallout from the Ukraine crisis, the EBRD development bank forecast on Monday. …read more Source: The Business...
EU won’t ease Russia sanctions as Ukraine conflict rages
The European Union foreign ministers are ruling out any immediate easing of sanctions against Russia as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, despite concerns about the economic consequences. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said Monday that since the fighting around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine had intensified, “this is no time...
