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      World › Pro-Russia separatists vow to keep up fight in Ukraine
      Jul07

      World › Pro-Russia separatists vow to keep up fight in Ukraine

      Discouraged but defiant, pro-Russia separatists vowed to keep fighting the government in Kiev from the largest city in eastern Ukraine, where they regrouped Sunday after being driven out of a key stronghold. At a rally in a central Donetsk square, the rebels were cheered on by thousands of supporters waving… …read more Source: Japan...

      Ukraine’s first big win over rebels dims truce hopes
      Jul06

      Ukraine’s first big win over rebels dims truce hopes

      Resurgent Ukrainian forces on Sunday pursued retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion in a morale-boosting win that appeared to dim hopes for a cease-fire in the bloody separatist insurgency. Western-backed President Petro Poroshenko called the moment when his troops hoisted the Ukrainian flag over the militias’...

      Ukraine’s first big win over rebels dims truce hopes
      Jul06

      Ukraine’s first big win over rebels dims truce hopes

      KIEV – Resurgent Ukrainian forces on Sunday pursued retreating pro-Russian rebels after seizing their symbolic bastion in a morale-boosting win that appeared to dim hopes for a ceasefire in the bloody separatist insurgency. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Ukraine government forces recapture separatist stronghold
      Jul06

      Ukraine government forces recapture separatist stronghold

      Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country’s blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...

      Ukraine hoists flag over pro-Russian bastion
      Jul06

      Ukraine hoists flag over pro-Russian bastion

      DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Resurgent government forces hoisted the Ukrainian flag over pro-Russian rebels’ main stronghold Slavyansk after a shelling onslaught levelled much of the city but delivered Kiev the biggest success of its campaign. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Ukraine hoists flag over pro-Russian bastion
      Jul06

      Ukraine hoists flag over pro-Russian bastion

      Kiev’s ability to win back Slavyansk marks a key turning point in three months of low-scale warfare that has threatened the very survival of the ex-Soviet state. …read more Source: The Times of...

      Ukraine claims victory in rebel stronghold
      Jul05

      Ukraine claims victory in rebel stronghold

      Ukraine’s forces claimed a significant success against pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday, chasing them from one of their strongholds in the embattled east of the country. Rebels fleeing from the city of Slovyansk vowed to regroup elsewhere and fight on. President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement that government troops took Slovyansk, a...

      Rebels flushed from main stronghold, Ukraine claims
      Jul05

      Rebels flushed from main stronghold, Ukraine claims

      Ukraine’s interior minister said on Saturday that most pro-Russian rebels and their top commander had fled their main eastern stronghold in what would be Kiev’s biggest success of the nearly three-month campaign. …read more Source: The Times of...

      Ukraine claims rebels flushed from main stronghold
      Jul05

      Ukraine claims rebels flushed from main stronghold

      Ukraine’s interior minister said on Saturday that most pro-Russian rebels and their top commander had fled their main eastern stronghold in what would be Kiev’s biggest success of the nearly three-month campaign. …read more Source: Bangkok...

      Pro-Russia rebels and commander flee Slavyansk
      Jul05

      Pro-Russia rebels and commander flee Slavyansk

      KIEV – Ukraine’s interior minister said on Saturday most pro-Russian rebels and their top commander had fled their eastern stronghold of Slavyansk in Kiev’s biggest success of the nearly three-month campaign. …read more Source: Bangkok...