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From Syria to Ukraine, Social Media Opens Up Warfare
In 2013, Eliot Higgins used videos posted online from Syria to track weapons and pinpoint a chemical strike in Damascus from a computer in the English Midlands. …read more Source:...
Russia denies deploying extra troops to Ukraine border
Russia on Wednesday (Aug 6) denied US and NATO claims that Moscow has sharply increased the number of troops along the border with Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia restricts EU meat imports
Russia’s food safety watchdog, citing disease outbreaks, announced fresh restrictions on imports of livestock and beef from southern Europe on Wednesday (Aug 6) – seen as a response to Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s Ukraine policy. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17 crash experts ask locals in Ukraine for help
Foreign investigators at the eastern Ukraine crash site of downed flight MH17 are enlisting the help of local villagers in finding victims’ remains and possessions, the Dutch justice ministry said on Wednesday (Aug 6). …read more Source: Channel...
Russia increases Ukraine border troops to 20,000: NATO
Russia has increased its presence of troops on the Ukraine border to 20,000, from 12,000 in mid-July, creating a “dangerous situation” and stoking concerns Moscow could intervene in its neighbour by force, NATO said on Wednesday (Aug 6). …read more Source: Channel...
Rebel-held Donetsk hit by air strike as govt forces close in
An air strike hit the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine Wednesday, as government forces preparing to retake the city said 18 soldiers were killed in clashes with rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17: 50 per cent of evidence collection done
SEPANG: More than 50 per cent of the evidence-collecting process for the probe into the ill-fated MH17 flight which crashed near rebel-controlled Donetsk, Ukraine last month has been completed. …read more Source: New Straits...
NATO Says Russia Could be Poised to Invade Ukraine
Russia has amassed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on Ukraine’s eastern border and could use the pretext of a humanitarian or peace-keeping mission to invade, NATO said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Russia, UN call for humanitarian corridors in Ukraine
During an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Russia and the UN called for humanitarian aid corridors to be established in conflict-scarred eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine launches overnight air strike on rebel-held Donetsk
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – The main rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine was hit by an “air strike” overnight that caused no civilian casualties, local authorities said Wednesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
