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Ukraine says up to 200 rebels killed in Donetsk airport fighting
Ukraine’s military said its forces killed as many as 200 rebels in fighting in Donetsk as dozens of tanks and other military vehicles crossed the border into Ukraine from Russia. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash investigators seeking local help
Accident investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday (Friday NZT) they would probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash investigators seek local help recovering wreckage
Accident investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday (Friday NZT) they would probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian forces deny launching new offensive in east
Ukrainian forces denied allegations by pro-Russian separatists that they had launched a new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Thursday (Friday NZT), saying they were strictly adhering to a ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...
Life as a Ukrainian prisoner of war
Ruslan Tinkalyuk cut a forlorn figure as he took a long, slow drag on a Chesterfield cigarette. Dirty and unkempt, he was curled up by a small barrel fire amid the rubble of an apartment destroyed by a rocket in this war-torn eastern Ukrainian town. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ‘violated peace deal’
Separatist leaders in east Ukraine accused President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday of violating a peace deal by deciding to suspend a law giving their regions a “special status” and signalled they would no longer abide by it. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebel leaders sworn in; Kiev denounces elections
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine staged swearing in ceremonies for their leaders on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT) after votes dismissed as a farce by Kiev, which says they violated terms of a peace plan to end a war that has killed more than 4000 people. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis deepens after separatist vote
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT) he had ordered his military chiefs to send in new army units to protect cities in the east and southeast from possible attack by Russian-backed separatists, Interfax news agency said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis deepens after rebel vote
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs for Tuesday to discuss new ways of dealing with the separatist challenge in the east after rebel elections that were denounced by Kiev and the West. …read more Source:...
New human remains found at MH17 crash site
New human remains have been found at the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Friday (Saturday NZT). …read more Source:...
