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      Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule
      Sep16

      Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule

      Ukraine is set on Tuesday (Sep 16) to ratify a disputed EU agreement and offer limited self-rule to parts of the separatist east as it moves to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter of its post-Soviet history. …read more Source: Channel...

      Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule
      Sep16

      Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule

      KIEV – Ukraine is set to ratify a disputed EU agreement and offer limited self-rule to parts of the separatist east as it moves to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter of its post-Soviet history. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Fresh shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk puts ceasefire under more strain
      Sep16

      Fresh shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk puts ceasefire under more strain

      Fighting broke out again in Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk on Monday as President Petro Poroshenko prepared to unveil a risky plan to give the separatist-minded east “special status” in a bid to end a conflict that has killed over 3,000 people.Ceasefire under strain in east UkraineUkraine PM slams Putin, ceasefire again...

      Macedonia, Serbia not to join EU’s sanction against Russia
      Sep16

      Macedonia, Serbia not to join EU’s sanction against Russia

      Skopje: Macedonia and Serbia, both candidate countries of the European Union (EU), reiterated on Monday that they would not implement the EU’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis.Macedonia and Serbia’s foreign ministers, Nikola Poposki and Ivica Dac.. …read more Source: India...

      Six civilians killed in fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine
      Sep16

      Six civilians killed in fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine

      Six civilians were killed during renewed intense fighting between government troops and independence-seeking insurgents in Donetsk, the main rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine, municipal authorities said on Monday. …read more Source:...

      World › 6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city
      Sep16

      World › 6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city

      Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, the city council said Monday — the worst reported violence since a cease-fire between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops took effect on Sept. 5. Fighting around the eastern city’s government-held airport has left its northern neighborhoods…...

      Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce
      Sep16

      Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce

      September 16, 2014 6:14 AMDONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Ukraine’s shaky truce was rattled further on Monday as warring rivals traded blame over the bloodiest day in the restive east since a ceasefire was signed on September 5. …read more Source: The Straits...

      Russia to probe Euronews over video of target practice picture of Putin styled as Hitler
      Sep16

      Russia to probe Euronews over video of target practice picture of Putin styled as Hitler

      September 16, 2014 5:25 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russia said on Monday it would probe Euronews after the news channel broadcast footage of Ukrainian fighters using the portrait of President Vladimir Putin, styled as Hitler, for target practice. …read more Source: The Straits...

      Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce
      Sep15

      Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce

      Ukraine’s shaky truce was rattled further on Monday (Sep 15) as warring rivals traded blame over the bloodiest day in the restive east since a ceasefire was signed on Sep 5. …read more Source: Channel...

      OSCE observers come under fire in eastern Ukraine
      Sep15

      OSCE observers come under fire in eastern Ukraine

      International observers with the OSCE came under fire Sunday in restive eastern Ukraine in what the mission described as an “unacceptable” incident. The six monitors were unharmed despite their vehicles being hit by mortar or artillery fire in the rebel-held Donetsk area as fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels. The...