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Ukraine military says one servicemen killed, six wounded
One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six were wounded in the separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a televised briefing on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Soviet-era statues smashed as Ukraine likens Russia to Nazis
Masked men smashed communist-era monuments in Ukraine’s second city overnight on Friday (Apr 10) after the country’s pro-Western parliament voted to purge the nation of Soviet symbols and its head of state compared today’s Russia to Nazi Germany. …read more Source: Channel...
Naftogaz to seek 12-month Russia gas deal next week
Ukraine’s Naftogaz Chief Executive Andriy Kobolev will seek rapid progress on a deal to secure gas from Russia for the next 12 months in talks brokered by the European Commission in Berlin next week. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine military, rebels accuse each other of increased attacks
Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine parliament approves sweeping gas sector reform law
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a law aimed at breaking the stranglehold of powerful groups over the lucrative gas distribution sector and establishing fairer market conditions. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Normandy’ group may meet on Ukraine next week, says Germany
Germany hopes that the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin early next week to discuss the implementation of the Minsk ceasefire agreement, an official from the German foreign ministry said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch courts bar government from dispute over Crimean gold
An Amsterdam court ruled on Wednesday that the Dutch government cannot participate in a legal fight over golden artefacts from Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
Two servicemen killed in past 24 hours in east Ukraine – Kiev military
Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four were wounded in Ukraine’s separatist eastern conflict zone in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a briefing on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian deputy who opposed Crimea seizure stripped of immunity
Russia’s parliament voted on Tuesday to strip the only deputy who voted against last year’s annexation of Crimea of his immunity from prosecution as a lawmaker. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko raises decentralisation referendum but rebels reject
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday (Apr 6) raised the idea of holding a referendum on the decentralisation of the country’s cities but was swiftly given the cold-shoulder by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
