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      Grandeur to rubble: Inside Donetsk International Airport
      Feb04

      Grandeur to rubble: Inside Donetsk International Airport

      Donetsk airport was a showpiece of Ukraine’s progress. Today it lies in tatters after months of fighting between national and rebel forces. …read more Source:...

      Russian Mum Talks Of ‘Treason’ Jail Ordeal
      Feb04

      Russian Mum Talks Of ‘Treason’ Jail Ordeal

      Activist Svetlana Davydova spends two weeks in custody for allegedly telling Ukraine about possible Russian troop movements. …read more Source: Sky...

      Pope: Intra-Christian civil war in Ukraine is a “scandal”
      Feb04

      Pope: Intra-Christian civil war in Ukraine is a “scandal”

      The civil war in Ukraine, pitting Orthodox Christians against other Orthodox Christians, is a “scandal,” Pope Francis said Wednesday. “Think, this is a war between Christians. You all have the same baptism! You are fighting between Christians. Think about… …read more Source:...

      Fighting forces West to consider military support for Ukraine
      Feb04

      Fighting forces West to consider military support for Ukraine

      The European Union is poised to reinforce its sanctions regime in the hope of inducing an end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but the debate in national capitals is increasingly turning towards a broader Western strategy that would include the provision of defensive weapons to Ukraine. When EU foreign ministers meet on Monday (9 February),...

      Ukraine calls for further military and financial support
      Feb04

      Ukraine calls for further military and financial support

      Kiev looks to IMF and US for urgent assistance as conflict-hit country teeters on brink of economic collapseUkraine is asking the international community to provide more military and financial support, with US secretary of state John Kerry due in Kiev on Thursday.A team from the International Monetary Fund is also in Kiev as Ukraine attempts to...

      Shells kill five at hospital in Ukraine as Kiev hopes for US weapons
      Feb04

      Shells kill five at hospital in Ukraine as Kiev hopes for US weapons

      Civilians die in Donetsk while fighting continues on eve of John Kerry’s visit to Kiev …read more Source: The...

      Bulgarians find any topic on military actions inappropriate
      Feb04

      Bulgarians find any topic on military actions inappropriate

      The Bulgarian people loves peace and any subject on war is not appropriate, said PM Boyko Borissov in parliament. He answered this way a question on whether Bulgaria had agreed to deploy permanently NATO heavily armed equipment on its territory due to the Ukrainian conflict. In the words of the premier he had stated firmly during his meetings...

      Russians present in Ukraine in specialist roles: U.S. envoy
      Feb04

      Russians present in Ukraine in specialist roles: U.S. envoy

      BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to NATO said on Wednesday that Russian soldiers were present in eastern Ukraine in a command role and to operate advanced military equipment, but that another large-scale Russian intervention did not appear imminent. …read more Source:...

      Deadly shelling of Donetsk hospital
      Feb04

      Deadly shelling of Donetsk hospital

      More than ten civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours of intensified fighting in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian government hopes the West will reconsider sending arms in light of the intensified violence. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Weak ruble results in decline of Russian tourists
      Feb04

      Weak ruble results in decline of Russian tourists

      We are concerned about some trends and data on a decline expected of Russian and Ukrainian citizens in the summer of 2015. We work to ease the visa regime, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova said before MPs. We have taken measures for advertisements of Bulgaria as a year-round tourist destination. In March the minister will participate in a...