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Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire
Powerful explosions in a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday (Sep 6) raised fears that a day-old truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed. …read more Source: Channel...
Explosions heard on outskirts of Ukraine’s Mariupol
Loud explosions were heard on Saturday evening (Sep 6) on the eastern outskirts of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to AFP, despite a fragile ceasefire being put in place. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine truce ‘largely holding’ but fears run deep
Ukraine said on Saturday (Sep 6) a truce was largely holding in the war-battered east, despite fears it may ultimately fail to halt a pro-Russian insurgency still threatening to tear the country apart. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin, Poroshenko agree Ukraine truce holding: Kiev
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday (Sep 6) that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed that the ceasefire between Kiev and separatist rebels was largely holding. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia’s leader Putin is under Satan’s influence, says Kiev Orthodox Church leader
September 06, 2014 10:41 PMKIEV (Reuters/AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has fallen under the spell of Satan and faces eternal damnation unless he repents, a top Ukrainian clergyman said on Saturday, in an unusually blunt statement that squarely blamed the Russian leader for the war in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine rebels, military accuse each other of breaking ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday (Sep 6) accused Kiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebels accuse Ukraine forces of breaking ceasefire
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on Saturday (Sep 6) accused Kiev’s forces of breaking a ceasefire just hours after it was agreed and vowed to pursue their independence drive in the east. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia warns it will react if new EU sanctions imposed
Russia has warned that it would react if the European Union imposed tougher economic sanctions against it over the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
EU agrees new sanctions against Russia despite ceasefire
The EU said on Friday (Sep 5) it had agreed on a tough new package of economic sanctions against Russia, despite a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine truce takes hold as West lines up Russia sanctions
September 06, 2014 12:52 PMKIEV (AFP) – Ukraine and pro-Kremlin insurgents appeared to be observing a truce on Saturday that could stem five months of bloodshed, but failed to head off fresh Western sanctions against Russia and is unlikely to quell the separatist drive in the east. …read more Source: The Straits...
