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      Kiev signals readiness to agree ceasefire
      Sep04

      Kiev signals readiness to agree ceasefire

      Petro Poroshenko is preparing to sign a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebel groups in the east of Ukraine at talks planned for Friday in Minsk …read more Source: Financial...

      [Ticker] Nato: Russia trying to ‘freeze’ Ukraine conflict
      Sep04

      [Ticker] Nato: Russia trying to ‘freeze’ Ukraine conflict

      “Several thousand” Russian troops, supported by “hundreds” of tanks and armoured vehicles are fighting inside Ukraine, with 20,000 more parked across the border a Nato official has said. “Their objective appears to be to freeze the conflict, to create a situation like Georgia, where the separatists are deeply...

      Eastern Ukrainian cities under fire as leaders weigh truce
      Sep04

      Eastern Ukrainian cities under fire as leaders weigh truce

      Strong explosions were reported on the outskirts of Mariupol and shelling hit the suburbs of Donetsk on Thursday as President Petro Poroshenko and pro-Russian separatists said a Friday ceasefire was on the cards. …read more Source: France...

      Ukrainian coastguard on alert after unidentified vessel spotted in sea of Azov  video
      Sep04

      Ukrainian coastguard on alert after unidentified vessel spotted in sea of Azov video

      A delegation of international monitors visits the coastguard base in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday after an unidentified vessel was spotted in the bay. Separatist rebels have advanced along the coast of the sea of Azov, an area which separates rebel strongholds from Russian-annexed Crimea. Government forces and residents have been reinforcing...

      It may not fit Putins narrative, but Baltic Russians arent being victimised | Rafael Behr
      Sep04

      It may not fit Putins narrative, but Baltic Russians arent being victimised | Rafael Behr

      The awkward fact for Kremlin apologists is that Nato has been a friend to Baltic Russophones. Eastern Ukrainians arent so luckyOn the day Russia annexed Crimea, an old friend in St Petersburg texted me to apologise. Im sorry that my country has lost its mind, he wrote. This friendship is 20 years old. It was struck up when I was a student in the...

      Ukrainian president would order ceasefire if Minsk peace talks confirmed
      Sep04

      Ukrainian president would order ceasefire if Minsk peace talks confirmed

      Petro Poroshenko’s announcement comes after a phone conversation he had with the Russian president, Vladimir PutinThe Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, said he would order a ceasefire to begin on Friday at lunchtime if peace talks planned to be held in Minsk, Belarus, are confirmed.Speaking on the sidelines of a Nato summit in Wales,...

      Ukraine separatist leaders ‘ready’ to order ceasefire
      Sep04

      Ukraine separatist leaders ‘ready’ to order ceasefire

      The leaders of Ukraine’s two pro-Russia separatist groups say they will order a ceasefire on Friday if an agreement is reached during European-mediated peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Skeptical Crimean Blogger Now Writes “Only About Politics”
      Sep04

      Skeptical Crimean Blogger Now Writes “Only About Politics”

      Georgiy Sedelnikov. Image from strajj.livejournal.com. This article is part of an extensive RuNet Echo study of Russian-language blogosphere in Eastern Ukraine. Explore the complete interview series on the Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered page. This Crimean Livejournal user used to be an everyman blogger, but now he fills his blog almost exclusively...

      NATO – ‘Thousands of Russian troops in Ukraine’
      Sep04

      NATO – ‘Thousands of Russian troops in Ukraine’

      Russia has “thousands of troops in Ukraine,” a NATO official has said, as the alliance summit begins in Newport, Wales. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      [Ticker] Nato chief: Russia still attacking Ukraine
      Sep04

      [Ticker] Nato chief: Russia still attacking Ukraine

      Nato chief Rasmussen said Thursday while opening a Nato summit in Wales that “we are still witnessing … Russian involvement in destabilising the situation in eastern Ukraine”. The host, British leader Cameron, said the EU should impose more sanctions to “tell the Russians what they are doing is unacceptable”....