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      Ukraine troops prepare withdrawal amid holding ceasefire
      Sep22

      Ukraine troops prepare withdrawal amid holding ceasefire

      Ukrainian officials say government troops are preparing to pull out artillery and heavy armored vehicles from an agreed buffer zone. This comes as a fragile truce imposed on September 5 appears to be holding. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Ukraine to pull back artillery
      Sep22

      Ukraine to pull back artillery

      Ukraine is preparing to withdraw heavy weaponry from the line of conflict with pro-Russian rebels, the military says. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine’s military readies to pull back big guns after fall-off in separatist fire
      Sep22

      Ukraine’s military readies to pull back big guns after fall-off in separatist fire

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces prepared on Monday to withdraw artillery and heavy armored vehicles within a proposed 30-km (19-mile) buffer zone after detecting a lessening of fire from Russian-backed separatists, a military spokesman said. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Anti-war protest in Moscow attracts thousands
      Sep22

      [Ticker] Anti-war protest in Moscow attracts thousands

      Some 20,000 people, according to AP, held a march in Moscow Sunday in protest against Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine war. Protesters carried Ukrainian flags and chanted “No to war!” A smaller protest was also held in St Petersburg, in the first public challenge to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Mariupol, Ukraine: dispatch from the front line
      Sep22

      Mariupol, Ukraine: dispatch from the front line

      Bloomberg’s Ryan Chilcote visits the front line in Mariupol as fighting continues …read more Source: The...

      Putin plans to attend G20 summit in Australia: agency cites Kremlin’s spokesman
      Sep22

      Putin plans to attend G20 summit in Australia: agency cites Kremlin’s spokesman

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend a Group of 20 summit in the Australian city of Brisbane, Interfax news agency said on Monday, despite calls for the hosts to prevent him attending because of Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...

      Poroshenko declares war in east Ukraine “impossible to win by military means alone”
      Sep22

      Poroshenko declares war in east Ukraine “impossible to win by military means alone”

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been defending a new law, rushed through parliament, which gives limited self-rule and an amnesty to… …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Families of German MH17 victims to sue Ukraine
      Sep22

      [Ticker] Families of German MH17 victims to sue Ukraine

      Relatives of the German victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plan to sue Ukraine and its president for criminal negligence for not closing the country’s airspace, reports AFP. Elmar Giemulla, representing three German families, said he would bring the case before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. …read more...

      Ukraine: Timoshenko says she does not believe in peace plan
      Sep22

      Ukraine: Timoshenko says she does not believe in peace plan

      Yulia Timoshenko, the leader of Ukraine’s party Batkivshchina and former prime minister, said on Sunday she did not believe in President Petr …read more Source:...

      Why Russia will not close its sky to EU airlines (and why it might)
      Sep22

      Why Russia will not close its sky to EU airlines (and why it might)

      With a new set of sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU last week, the trade war between the two sides is gaining momentum. Postulating the potential Russian response, the rumours say that the government at the Kremlin may decide to close its airspace to airlines from the EU and the USA. As alarming as these rumours sound, will Russia actually...