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Rebels deny responsibility for shelling of Ukraine refugee convoy
Rocket fire hit a convoy of buses carrying refugees from the east Ukrainian city of Luhansk on Monday killing an unknown number of people, Ukraine’s military and rebels said, blaming each other for the strike. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Rebel missile fire hits bus convoy carrying refugees in east Ukraine: Military spokesmen
August 18, 2014 5:30 PMKIEV (Reuters) – A convoy of buses carrying refugees from the east Ukrainian city of Luhansk was hit by rebel missile fire on Monday, resulting in an unknown number of casualties, Ukrainian military spokesmen said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ex-rebel Ukraine city slowly getting back on its feet
As the Ukrainian army encircles the pro-Russian strongholds of Donetsk and Lugansk, the former rebel city of Slavyansk is recovering from months of intense fighting in its territory. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian Food Embargo Smells Like Opportunity for Latin America
Sao Paulo. Russia’s embargo on US and EU food products has opened a window of opportunity for Latin America, which could capitalize on the Ukraine crisis to become a major food supplier to Moscow. Furious over the sanctions Western countries have imposed on Russia over its support for Ukraine’s separatist rebels, the Kremlin announced...
Russian, Ukraine Foreign Ministers to Meet in Bid to Defuse Tensions
Donetsk. The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will hold urgent talks in Berlin Sunday, seeking to defuse tensions in east Ukraine where Kiev is attempting to defeat pro-Russian rebels. European leaders on Saturday scrambled to ease tensions over claims that Ukrainian forces had destroyed Russian military vehicles, as Kiev...
Asian shares mixed as Russia-Ukraine tensions weigh
Asian shares were mixed Monday, with the latest round of tensions between Russia and Ukraine exerting selling pressure despite some progress cited in the “difficult” negotiations between both sides.Seoul was down 0.31 percent, Hong Kong slipped 0.18 percent, but Shanghai gained 0.41 percent while Tokyo and Sydney traded flat.US shares...
Moscow denies weapon transfer to Ukrainian insurgents
The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russia is not sending any military equipment to militia in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘Some progress’ in difficult Ukraine, Russia talks: Germany
The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers ended “difficult” talks on the Ukraine crisis Sunday with no concrete advances but “some progress”, hosts Germany said, as clashes continued on the ground.Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel strongholdRussia participates in Ukraine aid missionNew fighting in...
Ukraine says its troops have entered key rebel-held city of Luhansk
Army troops have penetrated deep inside a rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month-long conflict, the Ukrainian government said Sunday. However, the military acknowledged that another one of its fighter planes was shot down by the separatists, who have been bullish about their...
‘Some progress’ in difficult Ukraine, Russia talks: Germany
BERLIN – The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers ended “difficult” talks on the Ukraine crisis with no concrete advances but “some progress”, hosts Germany said, as clashes continued on the ground. …read more Source: Bangkok...
