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Four OSCE cars torched in separatist east Ukraine
Four armoured vehicles belonging to the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone were destroyed overnight, the security watchdog said Sunday, describing the apparent arson attack as an attempt to restrict its work. …read more Source: Channel...
South Africans, Russian and Ukrainian freed in Mali hotel siege
Four United Nations contractors, including two South Africans, a Russian and a Ukrainian, were freed when security forces stormed a hotel in central Mali being held by suspected Islamist militants, a spokeswoman for Mali’s U.N. mission MINUSMA said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers months after eastern battle
Ukraine buried on Friday 57 soldiers still unidentified up to a year after being killed in the eastern separatist conflict, highlighting the difficulties the country faces moving on from one of its deadliest military defeats. …read more Source: Channel...
‘No difficulty’ for France to find Mistral buyers: Hollande
Paris refused to deliver the warships to Moscow in response to Russia’s alleged aggression in Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Channel...
President-elect says Poland should be part of Ukraine peace talks – PAP
Poland together with Ukraine’s other neighbours should be involved in resolving the crisis in eastern Ukraine, Poland’s president-elect Andrzej Duda said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader calls in generals after failed peace talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko convened his generals on Tuesday to discuss the latest failed bid to negotiate an end to clashes with pro-Russian rebels that saw seven troops killed in another wave of attacks. …read more Source: Channel...
Further conflict, debt dispute pose high risk to Ukraine recovery – IMF
Further separatist conflict and the possibility of protracted debt restructuring talks still pose “exceptionally high” risks to Ukraine’s efforts to restore its financial stability, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Four killed as new Ukraine peace talks fall apart
Ukraine on Monday reported the death of four soldiers in clashes with pro-Russian rebels that came just hours before another failed bid to negotiate an end to the 15-month separatist revolt. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian casualties reported before peace talks
Four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 15 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the past 24 hours just before talks on a ceasefire were due to start, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Australia says will continue push for MH17 prosecution
Countries including Australia, Britain, France and the US accuse pro-Russian separatist rebels of shooting down MH17 with a missile supplied by Russia. Moscow denies involvement and blames the Ukrainian military. …read more Source: Channel...
