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New wave of intense fighting kills 11 in east Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fierce fighting in east Ukraine has killed at least 11 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as a new round of violence threatened all-out conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
Fighting in east Ukraine kills 11, including six soldiers (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Fierce fighting in east Ukraine has killed at least 11 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as government forces and pro-Russian rebels battled for control of an airport. …read more Source: The West...
Ukrainians describe chance survival from rocket attack (AFP)
Volnovakha (Ukraine) (AFP) – It was a simple gesture of politeness that saved her: …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine separatists claim victory in airport battle
RUSSIAN-BACKED separatists claim to have captured the shattered remains of the Donetsk airport terminal in Ukraine. …read more Source: THE...
Ukraine warns of Russian military build-up as new violence rocks the east
Ukraine has renewed accusations of a Russian military build up on its border and approved fresh troop mobilisations as a wave of violence threatened all-out conflict in the country’s war-torn east. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
Fierce battle for airport breaks out in Ukraine’s east (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Heavy artillery and shelling rocked Ukraine’s east on Thursday as the army and pro-Russian rebels waged a fierce battle for a key airport, forcing monitors to flee and threatening all-out conflict. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine warns of Russian military build-up as violence rocks east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday renewed accusations of a Russian military build up on its border and approved fresh troop mobilisations as a wave of violence threatened all-out conflict in the country’s war-torn east. …read more Source: The West...
Cancelled Ukraine summit to go ahead at ‘end of January’ (AFP)
Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko agreed Thursday that the delayed talks on the Ukraine conflict with leaders of Russia, France and Germany will take place at the end of the month, Kazakhstan said Thursday. …read more Source: The West...
Sanctions-hit Russia in risky bet on Ukraine talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – It seems to have played out exactly as Western powers hoped: …read more Source: The West...
Rebels launch Ukraine offensive after bloody bus strike (AFP)
Tonenke (Ukraine) (AFP) – Pro-Kremlin insurgents unleashed a massive rocket assault in Ukraine Wednesday as Kiev and Moscow traded blame for a bus shelling that killed 12 in the war’s bloodiest incident since a September truce. …read more Source: The West...
