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Fuel depot blazes in Ukraine, three firemen missing
VASYLKIV, Ukraine – Emergency services struggled to prevent the spread of a deadly fuel depot fire outside Kiev on Tuesday and three firemen were reported missing after the blaze triggered a powerful explosion.The fire burned overnight and by morning had spread to at least 16 tanks, most of them storing petrol. That sent a huge pall of...
Eight Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours – military
Eight Ukrainian servicemen have been killed – seven of them in a single land mine blast – in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists, Kiev’s military spokesman said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Fuel depot blazes in Ukraine, explosion kills firemen: Minister
A powerful explosion killed a number of firemen on Tuesday as they fought to control a blazing fuel depot which had burned through the night outside the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, the interior minister said. …read more Source: Channel...
Huge fire engulfs fuel depot near Kiev, three missing
KIEV – Three firefighters were missing and feared dead Tuesday after a ferocious blast tore through a fuel depot and sparked a fire that threatened to engulf a nearby filling station on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital Kiev.Videos posted on the Internet showed the force of the explosion and the heatwave it produced setting aflame...
US President Obama says Russia’s Putin on doomed drive to recreate Soviet glories
June 09, 2015 3:25 AMKRUEN (REUTERS) – US President Barack Obama accused President Vladimir Putin of wrecking Russia’s economy in a doomed drive to recreate the glories of the Soviet empire and G7 leaders said they could step up sanctions against Moscow if violence in Ukraine escalated. …read more Source: The Straits...
G7 warns Russia of more sanctions, pledges climate action
June 08, 2015 10:09 PMELMAU CASTLE (AFP) – World leaders Monday warned Russia it would face stepped-up sanctions for its “aggression” in Ukraine, as they wrapped up a G7 meeting also pledging strong action to fight climate change. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says rebels have army of ‘mid-sized European state’
KIEV – Ukraine’s defence minister on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels backed up by Moscow’s forces of assembling a 40,000-strong army sufficient for a “mid-sized European state”.Stepan Poltorak’s estimates fly in the face of Russia’s denials that it either backs the separatist fighters or covertly sneaks...
G-7 leaders back tough line towards Moscow
LEADERS from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations backed a tough line towards Moscow at the start of a summit in the Bavarian Alps, with US President Barack Obama urging the gathering to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Business...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at Alpine summit
June 08, 2015 4:22 AMKRUEN, Germany (REUTERS) – Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday (June 7) to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at start of summit
June 07, 2015 10:13 PMKRUEN, GERMANY (REUTERS) – Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations backed a tough line towards Moscow at the start of a summit in the Bavarian Alps, with US President Barack Obama urging the gathering to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
