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Russia lashes out at NATO over Ukraine crisis
Russia’s deputy foreign minister Alexei Meshkov said the US-led military alliance was “trying to destabilise the world’s most stable region”. …read more Source: Channel...
Three soldiers killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 15 wounded in the latest fighting in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Sunday (Nov 30). …read more Source: Channel...
Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights court
The woman says Ukraine should have closed its airspace to civilian flights when there was violence in the eastern region, and is suing the country for US$1 million. …read more Source: Channel...
Cut-off pensioners slowly starving in rebel-held Ukraine
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners in the pro-Russian east of Ukraine have lost their only source of income after the government in Kiev officially cut off rebel-held areas from all financial support, including welfare payments and pensions. …read more Source: Channel...
MH17 remains arrive in Netherlands from Ukraine
The coffins were loaded into six hearses at a ceremony attended by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, before heading for a forensic research facility in Hilversum where the process of identifying the victims is taking place. …read more Source: Channel...
Six coffins of MH17 remains flown out of Ukraine
Dutch and Ukrainian officials held a memorial ceremony at the airport in the city of Kharkiv for the last batch of human remains from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to be transported this year. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine parliament votes for Yatsenyuk to stay as PM
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday (Nov 27) took the first step in forging a new government by voting to keep pro-Western Arseniy Yatsenyuk in his role as prime minister. …read more Source: Channel...
NATO warns over Russian military build-up in Crimea
US General Philip Breedlove’s comments come amid fears in Kiev that Russian-backed rebels will try to grab more land in eastern Ukraine to establish a land corridor to Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebels urge UN to send peacekeepers into east Ukraine
The emergency UN Security Council session called for by pro-Russian rebels could authorise sending international peacekeepers into eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
France delays warship delivery to Russia ‘until further notice’
President Francois Hollande said in a statement that the “current situation in eastern Ukraine still does not allow for the delivery of the first” Mistral-class vessel France has built for Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
