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Poroshenko pays solidarity visit to Ukraine flashpoint
Dressed in military garb, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko paid a visit to the port city of Mariupol on Monday (Sep 8) in a show of solidarity with residents of the latest battleground in the five-month war. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko visits flashpoint city as EU meets on Russia sanctions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visited a flashpoint eastern city on Monday (Sep 8) where sporadic fighting has rattled a three-day-old ceasefire between government and rebel forces. …read more Source: Channel...
EU to unveil Russia sanctions as Ukraine truce teeters
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels of waging fresh attacks in the restive east on Monday (Sep 8), further imperilling a fragile truce as EU leaders prepared to approve punishing new sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia could restrict airspace in sanctions battle: PM
Russia will retaliate against a new round of Western sanctions over Ukraine and may block flights through its airspace, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Monday (Sep 8). …read more Source: Channel...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
September 08, 2014 6:00 AMDONETSK/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The...
One dead as renewed fighting rattles Ukraine truce
Fighting around two flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday (Sep 7) rattled a tenuous truce between government troops and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force. …read more Source: Channel...
Humiliated pro-Ukraine woman still bears scars of abuse
September 08, 2014 12:11 AMKIEV (AFP) – Clad in the blue and yellow of Ukraine’s national flag, Irina Dovgan stood on a street of the rebel-held city of Donetsk as passers-by punched, kicked and spat on her, sometimes crushing tomatoes in her bruised face. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine to get arms from five Nato allies – Poroshenko aide
September 07, 2014 9:35 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – A senior aide to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday Kiev had reached agreement during the Nato summit in Wales on the provision of weapons and military advisers from five member states of the alliance. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
September 07, 2014 7:29 PMDONETSK/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (REUTERS) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded on Sunday when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine, jeopardising a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: The Straits...
Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire
Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears on Sunday (Sep 7) that a tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. Artillery fire was also heard on Sunday near the airport of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: Channel...
