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MH17 victim’s mother ‘suing Ukraine’
The mother of a German woman killed when?Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine?in July is suing authorities in Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights for failing to close their airspace, a German newspaper has reported. …read more Source:...
Russia’s ‘ambiguous warfare’ tactics
When Russians crossed the border to fight with rebels in eastern Ukraine earlier this year, Moscow said the soldiers had not been deployed but had gone on their own vacation time. …read more Source:...
NATO concerned by Russian forces in Crimea
NATO’s top military commander said during a visit to Kiev on Wednesday (Thursday NZT) that Russian forces were still operating in eastern?Ukraine, providing the “backbone” to separatist rebels fighting government forces. …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage recovery operation now complete, say Dutch
Dutch experts have completed the recovery of wreckage from the crash site of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, and have sent it to a government-controlled city en route to the Netherlands. …read more Source:...
Death toll nears 1000 during Ukrainian truce
Almost 1000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a ceasefire came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the United Nations said Thursday (Friday NZT), as the conflict in the east drags on. …read more Source:...
Explosions shake Donetsk airport in Ukraine
Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday (Tuesday NZT), despite attempts to negotiate an end to a battle that is undermining a ceasefire in regions held by separatists. …read more Source:...
New video of MH17 downing emerges
Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, a video has emerged that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck. …read more Source:...
MH17 recovery begins
Recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine have started collecting debris from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, four months after the plane was brought down. …read more Source:...
Good chance of Ukraine resolution – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that there was a “good chance of resolution” in the Ukraine conflict, rejecting Western condemnation of Russia’s role in the southeast of the country. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin says good chance of Ukraine resolution
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that there was a “good chance of resolution” in the Ukraine conflict, rejecting Western condemnation of Russia’s role in the southeast of the country. …read more Source:...
