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      Street battles in eastern Ukraine town kill nine: ministry
      Aug20

      Street battles in eastern Ukraine town kill nine: ministry

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces fought street battles with separatist rebels in the eastern town of Ilovaisk overnight into Wednesday as they sought to isolate rebel strongholds near the Russian border, an Interior Ministry official said. …read more Source:...

      #FreeAndrew: Int’l Media Correspondents Demand Freedom for Russian Journalist
      Aug20

      #FreeAndrew: Int’l Media Correspondents Demand Freedom for Russian Journalist

      The Association of Foreign Correspondents in Argentina urged Ukrainian authorities to do their utmost to find International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya photographer …read more Source:...

      34 civilians killed in clashes in Ukraine
      Aug20

      34 civilians killed in clashes in Ukraine

      Fierce fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels has killed 34 civilians over the past 24 hours in east Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local authorities have said. …read more Source: RTÉ...

      Activists paint Moscow’s ‘Stalin Tower’ with Ukraine colours
      Aug20

      Activists paint Moscow’s ‘Stalin Tower’ with Ukraine colours

      Authorities in the Russian capital have detained four people after climbers scaled to the top of one of the citys Seven Sisters high-rises to paint it blue and yellow. RFE/RL reportsAnyone who has visited Moscow will recognise the Seven Sister high-rises commissioned by Joseph Stalin between 1947 and 1953, that jut out across the citys...

      Russia tensions hit Carlsberg sales
      Aug20

      Russia tensions hit Carlsberg sales

      Sales at the Danish brewer Carlsberg have been hit by falling consumption in Russia and Ukraine amid the crisis in the region. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine maternity ward nurtures new life as the shells fall
      Aug20

      Ukraine maternity ward nurtures new life as the shells fall

      DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – In a Ukrainian city stalked by death, Tatyana Makarchuk, the director of Donetsk Maternity Hospital No. 3, is making sure that new life can survive. …read more Source:...

      U.S. official says unified with Japan on need for Russian sanctions
      Aug20

      U.S. official says unified with Japan on need for Russian sanctions

      TOKYO (Reuters) – A senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday that the U.S. and Japanese governments are completely unified that sanctions are needed on Russia to encourage it to stop taking steps that the United States says are destabilizing Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine rebel movement faces uncertain future
      Aug20

      Ukraine rebel movement faces uncertain future

      DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – The resignations were abrupt and unexpected, two quick-fire blows to a separatist movement already suffering reversals on the battle field of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Poland calls for end to ‘Polish mercenaries in Ukraine’ reports
      Aug20

      Poland calls for end to ‘Polish mercenaries in Ukraine’ reports

      Poland’s foreign ministry has dismissed allegations that Polish mercenaries are fighting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion
      Aug20

      Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion

      DONETSK Ukraine/BERLIN (Reuters) – A gun battle broke out in the center of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-Moscow separatist rebellion. …read more Source:...