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Three civilians killed, four injured in Ukraine’s Donetsk
Three civilians were killed and four more were injured over the past 24 hours by shelling in eastern Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk, local authorities said on Saturday (Oct 11). …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine president sacks governor of war-torn Donetsk
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has fired Sergiy Taruta, the governor of the war-torn eastern region of Donetsk, and appointed a former troop commander in his place. …read more Source: Channel...
Netherlands says 10 more MH17 passengers identified
Netherlands’ medical experts have identified 10 more people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down in Ukraine in July. …read more Source: Channel...
Kerry, Lavrov to meet in Paris with Ukraine, Syria on agenda
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed the two men would meet in Paris, after Kerry first attends talks in Cairo on Sunday (Oct 12) on rebuilding the Gaza Strip following the 50-day war with Israel. …read more Source: Channel...
Europe sends in drones to save Ukraine truce
The Western rush in support of Ukraine came one month into a ceasefire that has done little to resolve Europe’s worst crisis in decades and still threatens to break the ex-Soviet country apart. …read more Source: Channel...
First European drones arrive in Ukraine to monitor truce
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe will deploy four unmanned aerial vehicles along Ukraine’s border with Russia and in the war zone as part of a peace deal agreed by Moscow and Kiev. …read more Source: Channel...
One month in, Ukraine truce exists in name only
The artillery blasts that rocked the frontline city of Donetsk were yet another blow to the 12-point peace agreement signed on Sep 5, and which is officially still in force. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin turns deaf ear to warnings on economy and Ukraine crisis
Speeches at an investment forum in Moscow this past week by Russian President Vladimir Putin and key members of the government exposed glaring differences. …read more Source: Channel...
German aid convoy heads to embattled Ukraine
A convoy of more than 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid has left Germany for war-torn eastern Ukraine, the German ministry of economic cooperation and development said on Saturday (Oct 4). …read more Source: Channel...
Western pressure mounts on Russia to save Ukraine truce
Western pressure mounted on Russia to save Ukraine’s crumbling truce as pro-Kremlin insurgents staged intensifying raids on an airport vital for sustaining their independence drive. …read more Source: Channel...
