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Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh clashes (AFP)
Aug07

Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in fresh clashes (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four others injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in Ukraine’s war-scarred east, the military said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...

Ukraine rebel leader Plotnitsky ‘injured in car blast’ (AFP)
Aug06

Ukraine rebel leader Plotnitsky ‘injured in car blast’ (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – The leader of a self-proclaimed separatist republic in eastern Ukraine was injured in a suspected car bombing Saturday, local media reported. …read more Source: The West...

Shifting from Russia, Ukraine strikes US nuclear fuel deal (AFP)
Aug04

Shifting from Russia, Ukraine strikes US nuclear fuel deal (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine said Thursday it had reached an agreement with the US-based electric giant Westinghouse to build a nuclear fuel production unit that would help reduce its reliance on Russia. …read more Source: The West...

Selfie star cop dies from tuberculosis after thug spat in her face (Yahoo7 News)
Aug03

Selfie star cop dies from tuberculosis after thug spat in her face (Yahoo7 News)

A Ukraine policewoman who became an Internet star due to her glamorous selfies has died from tuberculosis after a vile thug spat in her face. …read more Source: The West...

Trump clueless about Crimea
Aug01

Trump clueless about Crimea

DONALD Trump mistakenly said Russia has not rolled into Ukraine despite an annexation of Crimea that’s drawn worldwide condemnation. …read more Source:...

Trump supports Russia’s taking of Crimea (AP)
Aug01

Trump supports Russia’s taking of Crimea (AP)

Donald Trump says he would support Russia in annexing Crimea if it helped the US-Russian relationship and the fight against Islamic State. …read more Source: The West...

Russians find deadly Nazi E-boat
Jul28

Russians find deadly Nazi E-boat

THE Russian military has begun retrieving the wreck of a Nazi boat from World War Two in waters off the Crimean peninsula. …read more Source:...

Journalist killed in Kiev car bombing buried in Belarus (AFP)
Jul23

Journalist killed in Kiev car bombing buried in Belarus (AFP)

Minsk (AFP) – Thousands of mourners in Belarus on Saturday bid farewell to prominent independent journalist Pavel Sheremet, killed by a car bomb in Kiev, as he was buried back in the homeland where he clashed with the authorities. …read more Source: The West...

Australian Red Cross man warns Ukraine teeters on brink of health crisis
Jul22

Australian Red Cross man warns Ukraine teeters on brink of health crisis

Red Cross volunteer Mike Denison has just returned from the civil-war-torn east of Ukraine, a part of the world never particularly prosperous and now torn apart by a “frozen conflict”. The Red Cross is there to help in a crisis but the locals fear this crisis is here to stay. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

Hundreds pay homage to slain Ukraine reporter (AFP)
Jul22

Hundreds pay homage to slain Ukraine reporter (AFP)

Kiev (AFP) – Hundreds of mourners shed tears and laid flowers on Friday at the open casket of a top reporter whose targeted car-bomb slaying sent shock waves through Ukraine’s tight-knit journalistic community. …read more Source: The West...