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Four OSCE vehicles set fire in Donetsk in ‘arson attack’ (AFP)
Aug09

Four OSCE vehicles set fire in Donetsk in ‘arson attack’ (AFP)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – OSCE observers based in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said Sunday that four of their vehicles were destroyed in an apparent arson attack at their hotel. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine bidding to become breadbasket of Europe again (AFP)
Aug09

Ukraine bidding to become breadbasket of Europe again (AFP)

MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine: turning economic basket case into breadbasket (AFP)
Aug09

Ukraine: turning economic basket case into breadbasket (AFP)

MALA DIVYTSA (Ukraine) (AFP) – Oleksandr Verzhykhovskiy slips a crisp stalk of wheat through his fingers and surveys the sun-drenched fields that once made war-torn Ukraine the “breadbasket of Europe” — and now embody its economic hopes. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 pro-Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)
Aug08

Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 pro-Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)
Aug08

Ukraine slaps broadcast ban on 13 Russian artists, including Depardieu (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday named 13 pro-Russian actors and singers whose work would be banned from TV, radio and cinema, including France’s Gerard Depardieu. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine says one soldier killed in clashes in separatist east (AFP)
Aug08

Ukraine says one soldier killed in clashes in separatist east (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Saturday reported the death of one soldier as clashes with pro-Russian separatists continue in the country’s war-torn east despite a shaky truce. …read more Source: The West...

Several foreigners held hostage, eight killed in Mali hotel attack (AFP)
Aug07

Several foreigners held hostage, eight killed in Mali hotel attack (AFP)

Bamako (AFP) – A Ukrainian hostage managed to escape from the “four or five terrorists” who were still barricaded inside the hotel in Sevare, telling soldiers that he had been with three South Africans and a Russian when the shooting began. …read more Source: The West...

Ukrainian hostage escapes Mali hotel siege: military  (AFP)
Aug07

Ukrainian hostage escapes Mali hotel siege: military  (AFP)

Bamako (AFP) – A Ukrainian escaped from a hotel hostage standoff in Mali Friday, telling soldiers that three South Africans and a Russian were with him when gunmen stormed the building. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers months after eastern battle (Reuters)
Aug07

Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers months after eastern battle (Reuters)

ZAPORIZHZHYA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine buried on Friday 57 soldiers still unidentified up to a year after being killed in the eastern separatist conflict, highlighting the difficulties the country … …read more Source: The West...

France says ‘several’ nations interested in Mistral warships (AFP)
Aug06

France says ‘several’ nations interested in Mistral warships (AFP)

Paris (AFP) – France’s defence minister said on Thursday that “several” countries had expressed an interest in buying its Mistral-class warships, after Paris refused to deliver them to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...