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Fighting flares up near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine
Fierce fighting is raging between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, officials on both sides said on… …read more Source:...
Saakashvili sings support for Ukraine after governor appointment
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has joined a group of students in reciting Ukraine’s national anthem. Video of the singing was posted… …read more Source:...
Ex-Georgian President Sakaashvili appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, a day after being granted Ukrainian… …read more Source:...
Moscow ‘blacklists’ dozens of EU officials from entering Russia
Moscow has released a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine’s former resort city of Shyrokine is now a ghost town
Ukrainian troops are the only people who remain in the country’s abandoned tourist resort of Shyrokine near separatist-held Mariupol, reports… …read more Source:...
Conflict not in our interests, says Ukraine rebel leader
Southeast Ukraine seems to be uneasily caught between a possible lull in the fighting and an escalation of the conflict. Pro-Russian separatists… …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine: separatists ‘will not push for independence,’ says spokesperson
The situation in eastern Ukraine seems to be at a crossroads: between a fragile and regularly-violated truce among pro-Russian rebel forces and… …read more Source:...
Russian ruble keeps rolling out in ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’
The self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has two currencies in circulation: Ukrainian Hryvnas and Russian Rubles. In November Ukraine cut… …read more Source:...
Obama denounces Russia’s ‘increasingly aggressive posture’ on Ukraine
President Obama has said the United States is working closely with its NATO allies to join together with other countries in fighting the so-called… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian separatist warlord dies in bomb blast
According to Russian news agencies, a pro Kyiv military group has claimed responsibility for the death of a prominent separatist commander in… …read more Source:...
