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Ukraine proposes local elections in separatist east
The Ukrainian government has called for local elections in the east following a bill submitted to offer the area limited self-rule. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine to ratify EU pact, offer rebels self-rule
Ukraine is set on Tuesday (Sep 16) to ratify a disputed EU agreement and offer limited self-rule to parts of the separatist east as it moves to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter of its post-Soviet history. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rivals trade blame after bloodiest day since truce
Ukraine’s shaky truce was rattled further on Monday (Sep 15) as warring rivals traded blame over the bloodiest day in the restive east since a ceasefire was signed on Sep 5. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine hosts US-led military drills as truce teeters
US-led military exercises began in Ukraine on Monday (Sep 15) after a day of deadly fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the restive east that has piled pressure on a shaky 10-day-old truce. …read more Source: Channel...
US-led military exercises due to begin in western Ukraine
US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine on Monday (Sep 15), as fighting rumbles on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
Aid reaches the hardy and hungry of Ukraine’s Lugansk
After months of bombardments that left them short of water, power and basic supplies, many residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of desperately needed aid. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame as fighting tests truce
Tensions over Ukraine festered after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to “eliminate” the pro-Western former Soviet nation while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian convoy delivers aid to Ukraine: TV
Russia has delivered a second shipment of aid to rebel-controlled Ukraine, sending trucks carrying 2,000 tonnes of goods unaccompanied across the border, national television said on Saturday (Sep 13) …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM accuses Putin of seeking to ‘eliminate’ country
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday (Sep 13) accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to wipe out Ukraine as an independent country despite a truce deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Netherlands sends more experts to Ukraine over MH17 crash
The Dutch government has decided to send more experts to Ukraine to strengthen the recovery and repatriation mission tasked to handle the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday (Sep 12). …read more Source: Channel...
