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US says Russia adds air defence systems inside Ukraine
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of building up air defence systems inside eastern Ukraine and of involvement in training exercises of pro-Russian separatists in the area in breach of a European-brokered cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, in snub to Moscow, to adopt British war-time symbol, ditch Soviet war name
Ukraine, in a break with tradition that is certain to rile Moscow, is ditching the Soviet name for World War Two and aims to adopt the poppy, a mainly British wartime symbol, to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Many’ human remains found at MH17 crash site: Dutch
THE HAGUE – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday.All 298 passengers and crew onboard the Malaysia Airlines jetliner – most of them Dutch – died when it was shot down over...
Many more human remains found at MH17 crash site: Dutch ministry
April 22, 2015 7:25 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch investigators have recovered “many” more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
ISIS is ‘Russia’s greatest enemy’, not US: Foreign Minister Lavrov
April 22, 2015 6:25 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group was Moscow’s greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the United States over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says it aims to prevent Russian attacks at WW II commemorations
Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month, security chiefs said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ asks for ‘forgiveness’ in German court
Former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, asked for “forgiveness” over his role in mass murder at the Nazi death camp, as his German trial began Tuesday.”For me there’s no question that I share moral guilt,” the 93-year-old former Nazi told the judges, admitting that he knew...
US offers Ukraine US$17.7m in humanitarian aid – White House
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday about the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine and offered an additional US$17.7 million in aid for essentials like food, shelter and water, the White House said. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s Lavrov says fighting in east Ukraine abating
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he believed a surge in ceasefire violations in east Ukraine had passed, adding Moscow would work to prevent violence escalating again. …read more Source: Channel...
Truce tenuous as Ukraine leader tackles economy, oligarchs
President Petro Poroshenko is using the breathing space from a ceasefire with separatists to push reforms and rein in super-rich ‘oligarchs’ whose influence he says must be curbed for Ukraine to have a future in Europe. …read more Source: Channel...
