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One dead as renewed fighting rattles Ukraine truce
Fighting around two flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday (Sep 7) rattled a tenuous truce between government troops and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force. …read more Source: Channel...
Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire
Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears on Sunday (Sep 7) that a tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. Artillery fire was also heard on Sunday near the airport of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: Channel...
Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire
Powerful explosions in a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday (Sep 6) raised fears that a day-old truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: Channel...
Explosions heard on outskirts of Ukraine’s Mariupol
Loud explosions were heard on Saturday evening (Sep 6) on the eastern outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to AFP, despite a fragile ceasefire being put in place. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine truce ‘largely holding’ but fears run deep
Ukraine said on Saturday (Sep 6) a truce was largely holding in the war-battered east, despite fears it may ultimately fail to halt a pro-Russian insurgency still threatening to tear the country apart. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin, Poroshenko agree Ukraine truce holding: Kiev
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday (Sep 6) that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed that the ceasefire between Kiev and separatist rebels was largely holding. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine rebels, military accuse each other of breaking ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday (Sep 6) accused Kiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebels accuse Ukraine forces of breaking ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday (Sep 6) accused Kiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. …read more Source: Channel...
EU agrees new sanctions against Russia despite ceasefire
The EU said on Friday (Sep 5) it had agreed on a tough new package of economic sanctions against Russia, despite a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia warns it will react if new EU sanctions imposed
Russia has warned that it would react if the European Union imposed tougher economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
