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Ukraine rebels vow to conquer more territory in war-torn east (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels on Friday vowed to conquer more territory in eastern Ukraine and ruled out peace talks after Kiev retreated from a long-disputed airport, casting aside Europe’s latest push for a truce. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine says ‘Russian terrorists’ launch new offensive (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Friday said “Russian terrorist groups” have launched a mass new offensive across the frontline dividing the war-torn country’s industrial east. …read more Source: The West...
Pro-Russia rebels cement hold on disputed Ukraine airport (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels cemented their hold Friday on a long-disputed airport ceded by Ukrainian troops during an upsurge in clashes that killed nearly 50 people and punctured Europe’s latest push for peace in the nine-month war. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine troops cede prized airport to pro-Russia rebels (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s military on Thursday said days of unceasing artillery strikes by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to abandon a shattered airport that had become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war. …read more Source: The West...
Rebels parade Ukrainian POWs through shelled city (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Captured Ukrainian soldiers were paraded through the rebel-held city of Donetsk on Thursday and forced to kneel before angry locals who spat and pelted them with snowballs and shards of glass. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine leader says pro-Russia rebels paid ‘high price’ for attacks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that pro-Russian rebels had paid a “high price” for their escalating attacks on government forces across the separatist east. …read more Source: The West...
Shelling kills 13 as Ukraine bus hit
THIRTEEN people were killed and a dozen wounded yesterday when shelling hit a bus in Donetsk hours after peace talks in Berlin called for a ceasefire. …read more Source: THE...
Civilians killed in shelling attack in Donetsk, east Ukraine
At least eight civilians were killed on Thursday when a shell or mortar hit a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, regional officials and witnesses said. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
At least six civilians killed in shelling attack in Donetsk, east Ukraine
At least six civilians were killed on Thursday when a shell or a mortar hit a trolleybus stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Shelling of Donetsk bus kills 13
ONLY hours after peace talks called for a ceasefire in Ukraine, 13 people have been killed in a shelling of a bus in Donetsk. …read more Source: THE...
