Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Rebel commander wages fight to the death for east Ukraine airport
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – From an empty flat overlooking the shattered remains of eastern Ukraine’s biggest airport, Givi is leading an all-out assault against the last government outpost in the main pro-Russian stronghold. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine president replaces Donetsk governor with hardline general
KIEV – Ukraine’s president on Friday fired a millionaire businessman who failed to stop the advance of pro-Russian rebels while governor of war-torn Donetsk and replaced him with a hardline nationalist general. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Five civilians killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk
KIEV – Five civilians were killed during intensified shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, local authorities said Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine lobbies NATO, IMF as deaths mount
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more civilians and troops. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Praise and damnation as Putin marks ‘Herculean’ birthday
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of Crimea to a Herculean labour and 100,000 marched in Chechnya in his honour. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Battle rages for Ukraine’s main eastern airport
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukrainian forces clashed with pro-Russian insurgents over control of a strategic airport in the restive east Friday and traded blame over the death of a Swiss aid worker, four weeks into their shaky truce. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Shelling in Ukraine rebel hub kills Swiss Red Cross worker
Shelling in the centre of the main rebel-held city in Ukraine’s east killed a Swiss Red Cross worker Thursday, tearing badly at a weakly observed four-week truce meant to defuse Europe’s worst crisis in decades. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU, Ukraine plot next move in gas war with Russia
KIEV – Crisis-hit Ukraine and the European Union will try on Thursday to forge a joint stance at crunch talks with Russia in the latest gas war with its westward-leaning neighbour. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ten killed in Ukraine’s Donetsk on first day of school
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s largest rebel-controlled city of Donetsk was shaken by violence on Wednesday as 10 people, including parents and teachers, were killed, the highest toll since a tenuous ceasefire was agreed. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Ten civilians killed by shells’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – Ten civilians died in attacks in Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk on Wednesday, including from a shell that hit a school on the first day of class, regional authorities said, blaming pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Bangkok...
