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Ukraine hosts US-led military drills as truce teeters
US-led military exercises began in Ukraine on Monday (Sep 15) after a day of deadly fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the restive east that has piled pressure on a shaky 10-day-old truce. …read more Source: Channel...
US-led military exercises due to begin in western Ukraine
US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine on Monday (Sep 15), as fighting rumbles on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire. …read more Source: Channel...
United States-led military exercises due to begin in western Ukraine
September 15, 2014 12:51 PMDONETSK (AFP) – US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine Monday, as fighting rumbles on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire. …read more Source: The Straits...
Aid reaches the hardy and hungry of Ukraine’s Lugansk
After months of bombardments that left them short of water, power and basic supplies, many residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of desperately needed aid. …read more Source: Channel...
Aid reaches the hardy and hungry of Ukraine’s Lugansk
September 14, 2014 11:31 PMLUGANSK, Ukraine (AFP) – After months of bombardments that left them short of water, power and basic supplies, many residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk breathed a sigh of relief at the arrival of desperately needed aid. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame as fighting tests truce
Tensions over Ukraine festered after Kiev accused the Kremlin of seeking to “eliminate” the pro-Western former Soviet nation while Moscow charged Washington with orchestrating the entire crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
US wants to cut economic ties between EU and Russia: Russian Foreign Minister
September 13, 2014 10:19 PMMOSCOW (AFP) – The United States is using the Ukraine crisis to cut economic ties between the European Union and Russia and force Europe to pay more for its gas, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russian convoy delivers aid to Ukraine: TV
Russia has delivered a second shipment of aid to rebel-controlled Ukraine, sending trucks carrying 2,000 tonnes of goods unaccompanied across the border, national television said on Saturday (Sep 13) …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM accuses Putin of seeking to ‘eliminate’ country
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday (Sep 13) accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to wipe out Ukraine as an independent country despite a truce deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Netherlands sends more experts to Ukraine over MH17 crash
The Dutch government has decided to send more experts to Ukraine to strengthen the recovery and repatriation mission tasked to handle the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday (Sep 12). …read more Source: Channel...
