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Ukraine charges two suspected Russian soldiers with ‘terrorist activity’ (AFP)
May20

Ukraine charges two suspected Russian soldiers with ‘terrorist activity’ (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine has charges two suspected Russian soldiers who were captured during a gun battle in the separatist eastern region of Lugansk with involvement in “terrorist activity,” a security official said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...

Poroshenko says Ukraine waging ‘real war’ with Russia (AFP)
May20

Poroshenko says Ukraine waging ‘real war’ with Russia (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that his crisis-torn country was fighting a “real war” with Russia that could escalate at any time. …read more Source: The West...

Ex-Soviet Georgia urges EU progress, despite Russian pressure (AFP)
May20

Ex-Soviet Georgia urges EU progress, despite Russian pressure (AFP)

Tbilisi (AFP) – Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has warned European Union leaders against letting Russian aggression in Ukraine undermine the bloc’s project of building closer links with ex-Soviet nations. …read more Source: The West...

Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media
May19

Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media

Kiev shows off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin’s direct involvement in the war. …read more Source: ABC...

Ukraine takes first step toward debt payment freeze (AFP)
May19

Ukraine takes first step toward debt payment freeze (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s cash-starved government took the first step Tuesday toward freezing the payment of billions of dollars in sovereign and state-backed debt owed to some of the world’s most powerful creditors. …read more Source: The West...

Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media (AFP)
May19

Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Kiev on Tuesday showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle with separatist fighters in the industrial east of the war-wrecked state. …read more Source: The West...

Kiev catches ‘Russian soldiers’
May19

Kiev catches ‘Russian soldiers’

The politically charged declaration came as a truce was broken in violence that killed at least four Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: THE...

Sweden’s Carl Bildt advises Ukraine President and Russian group (AFP)
May18

Sweden’s Carl Bildt advises Ukraine President and Russian group (AFP)

Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden’s former foreign minister Carl Bildt has been appointed as an advisor to Russian-controlled investment group LetterOne, the company said Monday, just days after he joined an advisory group to Ukraine’s President. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine vows to show off ‘captured Russian soldiers’ (AFP)
May18

Ukraine vows to show off ‘captured Russian soldiers’ (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine vowed on Monday to present to the public two Russian soldiers it claimed to have captured while fighting Moscow-backed forces in the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...

US envoy Victoria Nuland to hold talks with Russians on peace deal for Ukraine
May18

US envoy Victoria Nuland to hold talks with Russians on peace deal for Ukraine

US State Department official Victoria Nuland arrived in Moscow for negotiations just days after US Secretary of State John Kerry met for four hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...