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Ukraine leader says 9,000 Russian troops backing rebels (AFP)
Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday more than 9,000 Russian troops were backing Ukrainian separatist fighters that Moscow will be under pressure to reel in at high-stakes peace talks in Berlin. …read more Source: The West...
Russia’s response to Obama’s speech? ‘US intends to dominate the world’
President Barack Obama briefly, but pointedly, addressed a year of tense relations with Russia over Ukraine during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, saying the United States was “upholding the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small.” …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Ukraine president says 9000 Russian troops are backing separatists
Holding aloft a piece of the bus in which 13 were killed by a rocket, Petro Poroshenko delivered an emotional address at the World Economic Forum in Davos. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Poroshenko says over 9,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine (AFP)
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that more than 9,000 Russian soldiers were currently backing up pro-Moscow fighters in the separatist east of the country. …read more Source: The West...
Deadly clashes rock Ukraine ahead of high-stakes peace talks (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy fighting raged between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the country’s war-torn east Wednesday, killing at least five more civilians ahead of high-stakes peace talks in Berlin. …read more Source: The West...
Russia: Ukraine invasion ‘rubbish’
THE Ukrainian President has cut short his visit to Davos amid heavy fighting in his country’s northeast as Russia denies its troops have invaded. …read more Source:...
Russia to seek immediate ceasefire at Ukraine talks
The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says he will seek an immediate ceasefire in east Ukraine at talks in Berlin with the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Germany and France. …read more Source: ABC...
West trying to throttle Russia’s economy, overthrow Putin: Kremlin (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Western countries are trying to use the Ukraine conflict to topple President Vladimir Putin and wreck Russia’s economy, the president’s spokesman said in an interview published on Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Five civilians dead as fresh battles rock east Ukraine’s Donetsk (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fresh clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels rocked Donetsk in the country’s war-torn east Wednesday, killing at least five civilians and wounding 29 others ahead of high-stakes peace talks, officials said. …read more Source: The West...
Russian forces ‘attack’ Ukraine troops
UKRAINE has accused Russia of attacking its soldiers after crossing into the ex-Soviet state’s war-wrecked separatist east in violation of a truce deal. …read more Source: THE...
