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Three Ukrainian soldiers die in rebel clashes
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed fighting pro-Russian rebels, the government said today, as fighting engulfed a key airport in the east of the country. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Three killed in shelling in Donetsk
Shelling in eastern Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk killed three people over the past 24 hours, local authorities said this morning, in the latest deadly violations of a ceasefire. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Three killed in overnight attacks in Donetsk
Three Ukrainian civilians have died overnight in mortar fire around Donetsk airport, where government forces held out against pro-Russian rebels in the latest deadly violation of a ceasefire. …read more Source: RTÉ...
12 killed in Ukraine as fighting rages
Seven Ukrainian civilians and five government soldiers have been killed in the past day of clashes with pro-Russian insurgents despite a truce between the two sides. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Rebels in Ukraine renew Donetsk offensive
The city of Donetsk came under heavy shelling today for the first time since Moscow and Kiev signed a truce on 5 September. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Twins among six dead in Crimea sinkhole accident
Six people, including two three-year-old twins, have died after their car fell into a sinkhole near the Crimean capital of Simferopol. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ten civilians killed by shelling in east Ukraine
Ten civilians died in attacks in Ukraine’s rebel-held city of Donetsk, including from a shell that hit a school on the first day of class, regional authorities said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting
Nine Ukrainian soldiers and at least three civilians died in eastern Ukraine over the past day despite a ceasefire, officials said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
251 victims of MH17 Ukraine crash identified
Forensic experts have identified 251 of the 298 passengers and crew killed on downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, after 26 people were named this week. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine to consider ‘temporarily’ closing border
President Petro Poroshenko has issued a decree instructing his government to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the ex-Soviet state’s affairs. …read more Source: RTÉ...
