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41 Ukraine soldiers, civilians killed
DONETSK – At least 41 people were killed in Ukraine’s east Thursday, one of the deadliest days in the separatist war, with a bloody bus shelling in Donetsk as government forces abandoned their defence of the city’s strategic airport. In a graphic illustration of the degenerating nine-month conflict, pro-Russian rebels also...
Ukraine troops cede prized airport to pro-Russia rebels
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines military on Thursday said days of unceasing artillery strikes by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to abandon a shattered airport that had become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war.Defence officials said fighting around the ruins of the Donetsk air hub — once one of eastern Europes busiest and...
France urges Ukraine ceasefire as fighting intensifies
DAVOS (AFP) – France on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraines war-torn east, calling the upsurge in fighting barely hours after peace talks in Berlin dreadful.I renew a call in the firmest manner for a ceasefire… and to return to what we had agreed on yesterday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told AFP on the...
Russian Orthodox leader warns against Western ‘pseudo values’
MOSCOW (AFP) – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday delivered a historic first address to parliament in which he urged lawmakers to guard against Western pseudo values.Speaking to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Patriarch Kirill also warned Russians against interfering with Gods plan by having abortions or...
Thirteen people were killed in a trolley bus shelling in Donetsk.
In Ukraine, at least 41 soldiers and civilians were killed in fighting between Kiev and pro-Russian rebel. Thirteen people were killed in a trolley bus shelling in Donetsk while ten soldiers died across the war zone. In another incident, ten civilians were killed in the eastern town of Gorlivka. One woman was killed in Lugansk region. Eight...
Pro-Russian rebels parade Ukrainian POWs through Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists Thursday paraded around 20 captive Ukrainian soldiers through the streets of the rebel stronghold city of Donetsk in a humiliating display hours after 13 people died in a horrendous trolleybus shelling.Dozens of Donetsk residents hurled snow and bits of glass from the shelling at the around...
Ukraine soldiers pull out of Donetsk airport
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraines military on Thursday said days of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to pull out of the main part of a devastated airport that has become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war.Defence officials in Kiev said fighting around the ruins of Donetsk international airport continued despite the deaths...
9,000 Russian troops backing rebels in Ukaraine
LUGANSK, Ukraine: President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that more than 9,000 Russian troops were backing Ukrainian separatist fighters that Mos …read more Source: The News...
Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov said that if heavy weapons were withdrawn we will be able to speak of a substantial de-escalation of the current conflict.
Diplomats from Russia and Ukraine have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine. Germany’s Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier who hosted a meeting of his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France told reporters in Belin that they had agreed on a procedure for pulling back heavy weapons nine miles from a...
Russian FM pledges cooperation with West to combat terror
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow is continuing to cooperate with the West on fighting terrorism despite tensions over Ukraine, Russias foreign minister said Wednesday.Sergey Lavrov said that in particular Russian security agencies have maintained contacts with their counterparts in France, where five Russian citizens from the predominantly Muslim...
