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      Ukraine separatist rebels shoot down government fighter plane in eastern Luhansk region
      Aug18

      Ukraine separatist rebels shoot down government fighter plane in eastern Luhansk region

      Photographs taken on Saturday night show Russian forces massed near the main Moscow-Rostov highway, some ten miles from the border with Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...

      Ukraine troops claim breakthrough in battle for rebel city Luhansk
      Aug18

      Ukraine troops claim breakthrough in battle for rebel city Luhansk

      Government troops hoist flag at police stationBerlin peace talks make some progress, says GermanyConvoy still parked at borderUkrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraines efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. Ukrainian...

      Germany: ‘Progress at Ukraine talks’
      Aug18

      Germany: ‘Progress at Ukraine talks’

      Germany’s foreign minister says four-way talks he hosted on the Ukraine crisis were difficult, but that some progress was made. …read more Source:...

      Grave of Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera vandalized in Germany
      Aug18

      Grave of Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera vandalized in Germany

      MUNICH (Reuters) – The grave of Stepan Bandera, a leader of Ukrainian fighters who fought both Nazi and Soviet forces during World War Two and after, was vandalized in a German cemetery overnight, police said on Sunday. …read more Source:...

      How peaches and propaganda are helping to shape the new world order | Paul Mason
      Aug17

      How peaches and propaganda are helping to shape the new world order | Paul Mason

      Trade sanctions are just the latest weapon in the diplomatic wars threatening global stabilityItaly is back in recession and approaching deflation; Germany’s economy has shrunk and France stagnates. In Britain, we have a record number of jobs but plummeting real wages. Only the US which borrowed massively, restructured its banks and printed...

      Europes lack of growth could lead to Japanese-style stagnation | Adam Tooze
      Aug17

      Europes lack of growth could lead to Japanese-style stagnation | Adam Tooze

      The punishing austerity Germany demanded for rescuing the eurozone is creating a vicious cycle in which no one winsAngela Merkels summer could hardly have started better: the world cup win; the eurozone crisis contained; Germanys federal budget heading into surplus; her personal popularity at unassailable highs.Six weeks later, as Europe returns...

      Ukraine crisis: Kiev moves on last rebel stronghold
      Aug17

      Ukraine crisis: Kiev moves on last rebel stronghold

      Ukrainian forces have advanced into one of the last remaining separatist strongholds in a significant breakthrough in the civil war. At the same time, they lost yet another warplane to a missile strike and a rebel commander declared that reinforcements of 1,200 new fighters are joining from Russia along with armour and artillery to continue the...

      Ukraine army pushes into rebel stronghold of Luhansk
      Aug17

      Ukraine army pushes into rebel stronghold of Luhansk

      Government says state flag raised over police station in separatist-held city, as foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany meet in Berlin to discuss crisis …read more Source: The...

      Ukraine troops recapture key building in rebel stronghold
      Aug17

      Ukraine troops recapture key building in rebel stronghold

      Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source: France...

      Ukraine claims breakthrough in rebel stronghold of Luhansk
      Aug17

      Ukraine claims breakthrough in rebel stronghold of Luhansk

      Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, with Kyiv claiming it now has the upper hand against pro-Russian separatists. The government said it… …read more Source:...