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Dozens killed in Ukraine as army fights to shatter rebels (AFP)
Aug20

Dozens killed in Ukraine as army fights to shatter rebels (AFP)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Fierce fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left dozens of civilians dead on Wednesday as Ukrainian troops pushed on with a bloody offensive to break the insurgency in the east of the country. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine flag unfurled on top of Moscow skyscraper (AFP)
Aug20

Ukraine flag unfurled on top of Moscow skyscraper (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – A Ukrainian flag was unfurled on the top of a Moscow skyscraper within sight of the Kremlin on Wednesday, officials said, as fighting in eastern Ukraine has frayed bilateral ties. …read more Source: The West...

Clashes kill 34 civilians in Ukraine’s Donetsk region: official (AFP)
Aug20

Clashes kill 34 civilians in Ukraine’s Donetsk region: official (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Fierce fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels has killed 34 civilians over the past 24 hours in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local authorities said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...

Poroshenko, Putin to attend Ukraine crisis talks
Aug19

Poroshenko, Putin to attend Ukraine crisis talks

Russia and Ukraine said their presidents would meet together with top European Union officials next week to discuss their confrontation over Ukraine which has plunged relations to an all-time low. …read more Source: ABC...

Ukraine says battles rage in heart of rebel-held Lugansk (AFP)
Aug19

Ukraine says battles rage in heart of rebel-held Lugansk (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday fighting had erupted in the heart of major rebel stronghold Lugansk, as the bodies of 17 civilians fleeing the city were recovered from wreckage of their destroyed convoy. …read more Source: The West...

Russia vows to strengthen navy to ward off NATO (AFP)
Aug19

Russia vows to strengthen navy to ward off NATO (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – Russia announced plans Tuesday to bolster its navy with more advanced weapons in response to NATO’s vow to halt the Kremlin’s push into Ukraine and feared expansion into eastern Europe. …read more Source: The West...

Putin, Poroshenko to meet EU officials August 26 (AFP)
Aug19

Putin, Poroshenko to meet EU officials August 26 (AFP)

Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko will meet with top EU officials in Belarus next week. …read more Source: The West...

15 bodies found after rocket hits Ukraine refugee convoy
Aug19

15 bodies found after rocket hits Ukraine refugee convoy

Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: ABC...

Ukraine: Refugees attacked by rebels, says Kiev
Aug18

Ukraine: Refugees attacked by rebels, says Kiev

Separatists rebels on Monday attacked a caravan of cars carrying refugees trying to flee war-ravaged eastern Ukraine, killing “dozens” of people in a devastating barrage of artillery fire, Ukrainian military officials said, although rebel leaders denied there had been any attack at all. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Ukraine says rebels kill ‘dozens’ in strike on refugee convoy (AFP)
Aug18

Ukraine says rebels kill ‘dozens’ in strike on refugee convoy (AFP)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday accused pro-Russian rebels of killing dozens of civilians fleeing the war-torn east, as crisis talks between Kiev and Moscow failed to halt months of bloodshed. …read more Source: The West...