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Russia says Kiev behind deteriorating situation in east Ukraine
Moscow urged Kiev to end its “irresponsible actions” in east Ukraine, a day after the Ukrainian military reported the heaviest shelling by Russian-backed rebels since a truce was agreed in February. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch prosecutors: fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile
AMSTERDAM – Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may belong to a Russian-made missile system. The Netherlands’ national… …read more Source:...
Fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile: Dutch prosecutors
Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may belong to a Russian-made missile system. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch prosecutors – fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile
Dutch prosecutors from a joint international criminal investigation into the 2014 downing of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine say some of the debris recovered from the site may belong to a Russian-made missile system. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian economy contracts 4.6% in second quarter: official
[MOSCOW] Russia’s recession worsened in the second quarter as gross domestic product shrank by 4.6 per cent compared with a year earlier, battered by lower oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine, official statistics said Monday. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine reports heaviest shelling by eastern rebels since February
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia, Ukraine, EU to hold gas talks at end-August – Ukraine minister
Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission will hold trilateral talks about the supply of natural gas at the end of August in Vienna, Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchshyn told a briefing on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
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...
