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Russian naval and land forces carrying out logistics training in Crimea – RIA
Russian naval and land forces were carrying out logistics training in Crimea, a peninsula which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, Russian RIA news agency said on Friday, citing Russian defence ministry. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine could introduce martial law if eastern fighting worsens – Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he did not rule out introducing martial law and a new wave of military mobilisation if the conflict with pro-Russian separatists worsened. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine reports three killed in ‘heaviest fighting for a year’
Ukraine said on Thursday (Aug 18) that pro-Russian rebels had killed three of its soldiers in the worst violence seen in the separatist east for a year. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine anti-graft activists protest ‘gangster-style’ state attacks
About 200 people protested outside Ukraine’s public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday over the “gangster-style” detention of two anti-corruption bureau (NABU) investigators which organisers said showed a lack of political will to eliminate graft. …read more Source: Channel...
Trump campaign chairman helped pro-Russians in Ukraine move money to US firms: AP
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, helped a Ukrainian political party with close ties to Russia secretly move at least US$2.2 million (1.69 million pounds) to two major Washington lobbying firms, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Trump campaign chairman helped pro-Russians in Ukraine move money to US firms – AP
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, helped a Ukrainian political party with close ties to Russia secretly move at least US$2.2 million to two major Washington lobbying firms, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Analysis – Putin hints at war in Ukraine but may be seeking diplomatic edge
Ukraine says it thinks Vladimir Putin is planning a new invasion, and it’s not hard to see why: the Russian leader has built up troops on its border and resumed the hostile rhetoric that preceded his annexation of Crimea two years ago. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev struggles in broadcast war against separatists as tensions rise
For Ukrainian pensioner Olga Shazhkova, channel-surfing in the front line town of Avdiyivka is a monotonous business. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany urges Russia and Ukraine to ease tension over Crimea, keep talking
Germany’s foreign minister urged Russia and Ukraine on Monday to reduce tensions over Crimea and stick to the troubled Minsk peace accords as a way of ending hostilities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Minsk deal must stay Ukraine peace process focus – Germany to Russia
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday that the Minsk deal must remain the focus of the Ukrainian peace process despite a spike in tensions in annexed Crimea, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: Channel...
