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INSIGHT: The quest for justice for those on board MH17
One year after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Eastern Ukraine, families of 298 people who died in the tragedy are still demanding answers. Channel NewsAsia’s INSIGHT spoke to some of them and asked experts if the downing of the plane is a war crime. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, rebels report deadliest fighting in over a month
Ukraine on Wednesday reported some of the strongest attacks by pro-Russian rebels since the signing of a peace deal in February, with eight government soldiers killed in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Channel...
Explosions in Lviv aimed at destabilising Ukraine – Interior Ministry
Two policemen were wounded in explosions at two district police stations in the west Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said, linking the cases to a deadly standoff between a far-right group and police over the weekend. …read more Source: Channel...
US considers training Ukrainian army troops
US officials are considering expanding the American military training mission in Ukraine to include army and special operations troops, likely focusing on issues like tactics and combat medicine, a top US Army general said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
US considers training Ukrainian army troops – general
U.S. officials are considering expanding the American military training mission in Ukraine to include army and special operations troops, likely focusing on issues like tactics and combat medicine, a top U.S. Army general said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says ‘illegal groups’ must disarm after standoff
President Petro Poroshenko ordered Ukraine’s security services and police on Monday to disarm “illegal groups”, saying they threatened to further destabilise a country fighting separatists in its east. …read more Source: Channel...
Far right group challenges Ukraine government after shootout
A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine nationalists in standoff with security forces after two killed
Heavily-armed ultra-nationalists in western Ukraine on Sunday set up roadblocks to stop security forces from disarming them the day after a shootout with police left at least two dead in the town of Mukacheve. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko says terrorist threat in Ukraine has ‘significantly risen’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday that the threat of terrorism had “significantly risen” in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Malaysia moves on MH17 tribunal plan at UN, Russia resists
Malaysia has asked the United Nations Security Council to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday as counterproductive. …read more Source: Channel...
