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Pro-Russian hackers claim attack on Merkel’s website
Hackers blocked the website of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (Jan 7) in an online attack claimed by a pro-Russian group opposed to the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin visits shelter for Ukrainians fleeing conflict on Orthodox Christmas
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a shelter for families fleeing the conflict in east Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, while the Orthodox Patriarch who heads churches in Russia and Ukraine said his heart was with Ukraine’s people.Putin, who usually celebrates Christmas by attending a midnight service outside...
Dutch probe secret service role ahead of MH17 crash
January 07, 2015 1:37 AMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – The Netherlands wants to know whether its intelligence services warned airlines of danger about flying over war-torn Ukraine prior to the downing of flight MH17 in July, officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: The Straits...
At least 12 Ukrainian servicemen killed in road accident
KIEV – At least 12 Ukrainian serviceman were killed and more than 20 injured when some military trucks collided with their bus in eastern Ukraine, police said on Tuesday.The accident took place late on Monday near an area of conflict with pro-Russian separatists who are fighting Ukrainian government forces, they said. The military...
Hollande: Russia sanctions should end 'if Ukraine progress'
[PARIS] French President Francois Hollande said Monday that biting Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress were made in resolving the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Business...
Stressful times for students at Ukraine rebel universities
DONETSK, Ukraine – Third-year economics student Inna Shmarai is kind of stressing out these days.It’s not just that exams are coming up soon at the National University in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and some of the stuff she’s been studying this term has been really complicated.What’s adding to the slight...
Ukraine TV network lands in hot water for filling New Year show with Russian pop songs live from Moscow
January 03, 2015 2:41 AMKIEV (AFP) – One of Ukraine’s biggest TV networks faced the threat Friday of being taken off the air for filling its highly-rated New Year’s Eve show with Russian pop songs beamed live from Moscow. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015 in conflict with separatists
KIEV – Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels.”In the past 24 hours one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another five have been injured because of provocative actions (by...
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015 in conflict with separatists
January 02, 2015 9:02 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels. “In the past 24 hours one Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and another five have been injured because...
Thousands of Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev
KIEV – Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight procession across Kiev on Thursday in honour of a 1940s anti-Soviet insurgent branded by Moscow as a Nazi collaborator whom Europe must reject.The march on what would have been Stepan Bandera’s 106th birthday moved along the same streets on which hundreds of thousands...
