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Teddy bear bombs? Ukrainian soldiers teach kids to avoid explosives
MARIUPOL (Ukraine) – “A bomb can be planted inside”, a Ukrainian soldier warned students as he pointed to a stuffed animal at a high school in Mariupol, a strategic port city in Ukraine’s war-scarred east. School No. 5 is located in the city’s eastern… …read more Source:...
IMF says Russian offer on Ukraine debt is positive step
The International Monetary Fund welcomed an offer by Russia to restructure Ukraine’s debt as a positive step, a spokeswoman for the Fund said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says not received direct information on Russia’s debt offer
Ukraine’s finance ministry said on Monday it had not received “any direct information” on an offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to restructure a US$3 billion (2 billion pound) Eurobond. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine says may return artillery to frontline if situation escalates
Ukraine could return artillery to its eastern frontline if fighting with pro-Russian separatists escalates further, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday after a weekend of the deadliest attacks in two months. …read more Source: Channel...
G20- Russia’s Siluanov says Moscow made offer to Ukraine over debt
Russia wants to reach a compromise over Ukraine’s debt to Russia and has made an “interesting” offer to settle the issue, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Siluanov says Moscow made offer to Ukraine over debt
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday Moscow hoped to reach a compromise with Ukraine over Kiev’s debt and that Russia had made an offer which it sees as a basis for settling the issue. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian soldier killed in violence in east
A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides reported renewed violence despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian pilot, seven Afghans killed in civilian helicopter crash in Slovakia – ministry
A Ukrainian civilian helicopter that illegally entered Slovak airspace and crashed on Wednesday killed eight people aboard including a Ukrainian pilot and five men and two women from Afghanistan, the interior ministry said on Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
Five soldiers killed in east, highest toll in two months – Ukraine military
Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours during fighting in the east of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday, its highest death toll since a fragile ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists began two months ago. …read more Source: Channel...
Cold threatens 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine: UNICEF
Damaged pipelines in war-torn eastern Ukraine are threatening to cut off water, heating and electrical supplies at a time when temperatures are plunging, putting some 700,000 children at risk, UNICEF warned Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
