Section: Thanh Nien News (Vietnam)
Russia threatens Ukraine after shell crosses border
Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with “irreversible consequences” after a man was killed by a shell fired across the border from Ukraine, describing the incident in warlike terms as aggression that must be met with a response. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine says rebels will pay as missiles kill 23 soldiers
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to “find and destroy” pro-Russian rebels who killed 23 servicemen and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack on Friday. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Thirty Ukrainian troops possibly killed in rebel missile attack
A rocket attack by pro-Russian rebels on a border post on Ukraine’s border with Russia on Friday may have killed as many as 30 soldiers and border guards, an Interior Ministry adviser said, promising swift retribution from Kiev. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine readies plan against rebels
Ukrainian forces regained more ground but sustained further casualties on Thursday in clashes with separatists, while two Western allies urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin to exert more pressure on the rebels to find a negotiated end to the conflict. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Russia, France and Germany want new Ukraine truce- Kremlin
The leaders of France and Germany backed Russia by calling for a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine on Thursday but told President Vladimir Putin to prevent separatist fighters and arms crossing the border into Ukraine …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in further clashes in the east
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 27 wounded in clashes with pro-Russian separatist rebels in the east of the country, the military said on Thursday. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine threatens to retake territory from defiant rebels
Ukrainian government forces on Wednesday warned separatists in the eastern town of Donetsk that a plan was now in place to take back the territory they occupy, but defiant rebels reported a steady flow of new recruits who were ready to fight. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine threatens rebels with ‘nasty surprise’ in new push
Ukraine’s government kept up military pressure against pro-Russian rebels on Tuesday, threatening them with an “nasty surprise”, while the militants said they were preparing to fight back after losing their main stronghold. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Pushed from Slaviansk, Ukraine rebels barricade Donetsk
Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on Monday, preparing to make a stand in the city of a million people after losing their bastion in the town of Slaviansk in the worst defeat of their three-month uprising. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine says forces will press forward after taking rebel stronghold
Ukraine’s government said it would quickly seize more territory from pro-Russian separatists after re-taking their stronghold of Slaviansk in what President Petro Poroshenko called a turning point in the fight for control of the country’s east. …read more Source: Thanh Nien...