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Ukraine says Russia has massed 45,000 troops on joint border
August 11, 2014 11:18 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border with Ukraine backed by an array of heavy equipment including tanks, missile systems, warplanes and attack helicopters, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday. …read more Source: The Straits...
First MH17 crash report in “weeks”: Dutch investigators
Dutch air crash investigators said Monday (Aug 11) they expect to release an initial report into what brought down flight MH17 over Ukraine with the loss of 298 lives “in a few weeks”. …read more Source: Channel...
EU officials seek to limit impact of Russia’s food import ban
August 11, 2014 8:20 PMBRUSSELS (REUTERS) – European Union regulators on Monday began analysing product-by-product the impact of a Russian ban on EU food imports announced in retaliation for Western sanctions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion as West warns Russia
Artillery pounded the rebel bastion of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday (Aug 10) as the West warned Russia that any attempt to send “humanitarian” troops into the conflict-torn region would be “unacceptable”. …read more Source: Channel...
Kiev says will let international aid mission in rebel-held Lugansk
Ukraine is ready to accept an aid mission to the eastern rebel stronghold of Lugansk, President Petro Poroshenko said, but only if it is an unarmed international team entering the country through Kiev-controlled borders. …read more Source: Channel...
West warns Russia against ‘illegal’ invasion of Ukraine
The West warned Russia that any attempt to enter Ukraine on “humanitarian” grounds would be considered an “illegal” invasion after Kiev claimed Russian troops had tried to cross the border in the guise of aid workers. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia denies ‘humanitarian’ push into Ukraine as forces surround rebel-held Donetsk
August 10, 2014 1:11 AMDONETSK (AFP) – Russia denied allegations Saturday that it tried to send “humanitarian” troops into conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, as rebels in the surrounded stronghold of Donetsk pledged to keep fighting. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia denies ‘humanitarian’ push into Ukraine as forces surround Donetsk
Russia denied allegations that it tried to send “humanitarian” troops into conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, as rebels in the surrounded stronghold of Donetsk pledged to keep fighting. …read more Source: Channel...
65 victims of MH17 identified, last experts home
Dutch forensic experts have identified a total of 65 victims of downed flight MH17, the government said, as the last of the investigators returned from eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Fierce Ukraine border battles leave 15 dead as sanctions war heats up
NATO also urging Moscow to withdraw troops from Ukraine border. Various countries also slam Russia’s food embargo. …read more Source: Channel...
