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UN chief alarmed by flareup in Ukraine fighting
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement that he was “alarmed by the severe escalation of fighting” around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says tank offensive pushing rebels from airport
Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines and claimed on Sunday (Jan 18) to have cleared pro-Russian rebels from most of Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting, with heavy shelling shaking the key eastern city. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine sends tanks to fight rebels in airport battle
Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines in a counter-offensive against pro-Russian rebels fighting for control of Donetsk airport, with heavy shelling shaking the key eastern city on Sunday (Jan 18). …read more Source: Channel...
Explosions rock east Ukraine airport as battle intensifies
Clashes between Ukraine’s army and pro-Russian rebels for control of a battered airport intensified, with at least six more people killed. …read more Source: Channel...
Deadly Ukraine clashes cast further doubt on peace talks
A burst of violence in Ukraine cast further doubt over whether a planned summit can bring peace, with at least 11 people killed in clashes between the army and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine warns of Russian military build-up as violence rocks east
Ukraine on Thursday (Jan 15) renewed accusations of a Russian military build up on its border and approved fresh troop mobilisations as a wave of violence threatened all-out conflict in the country’s war-torn east. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebels launch Ukraine offensive after bus shelling
Pro-Kremlin insurgents unleashed a massive rocket assault in Ukraine on Wednesday (Jan 14) as Kiev and Moscow traded blame for a bus shelling that killed 12 in the war’s bloodiest incident since a September truce. …read more Source: Channel...
11 Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday (Jan 13) when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus in the separatist east. …read more Source: Channel...
Ten Ukrainian civilians killed when rocket hits bus
Ten Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday (Jan 13) when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus. …read more Source: Channel...
Top diplomats meet to try and save Ukraine peace summit
Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France met on Monday (Jan 12) in Berlin to try and resolve tensions threatening to scupper a planned summit on ending the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source: Channel...
