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      Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in separatist ambush
      Aug13

      Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in separatist ambush

      KIEV (Reuters) – Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters, battling a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, were killed early on Wednesday and an unknown number taken captive when rebels ambushed their bus, a spokesman for their group said. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine says Russian aid convoy won’t be let in, denounces Moscow’s ‘cynicism’
      Aug13

      Ukraine says Russian aid convoy won’t be let in, denounces Moscow’s ‘cynicism’

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine denounced the dispatch of a Russian humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine as an act of Russian cynicism on Wednesday and said it would not be allowed in. …read more Source:...

      EU: Russian aid convoy for Ukraine must be vetted by Red Cross
      Aug13

      EU: Russian aid convoy for Ukraine must be vetted by Red Cross

      The EU has called for a Russian relief convoy heading for a rebel-held zone in eastern Ukraine to be vetted by the Red Cross. Up to 287 vehicles… …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Putin delays payment for French Mistral warships
      Aug13

      [Ticker] Putin delays payment for French Mistral warships

      Moscow will not pay for two French-built Mistral-class warships until the second vessel has been delivered to the Russian navy, Anatoly Isaikin, head of Russia’s state arms trade agency, told ITAR-Tass. French president Hollande said in July that delivery of the second ship would “depend on Moscow’s attitude” to Ukraine. …read...

      Will Ukrainian separatists get Russian aid? The stalemate continues
      Aug13

      Will Ukrainian separatists get Russian aid? The stalemate continues

      Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_61067109_preview.jpg Russia on Tuesday dispatched hundreds of trucks covered in white tarps and sprinkled with holy water on a mission to deliver aid to a desperate rebel-held zone in eastern Ukraine. The televised sight of the miles-long convoy sparked a show of indignation from the government in Kiev, which...

      12 Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in ambush
      Aug13

      12 Ukrainian nationalist fighters killed in ambush

      Twelve Ukrainian nationalist fighters, battling a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, were killed and an unknown number taken captive when rebels ambushed their bus. …read more Source: RTÉ...

      Extraordinary meeting of the Political and Security Committee
      Aug13

      Extraordinary meeting of the Political and Security Committee

      Author(s): KG/EUROPA iraq_ukraine_gaza.jpg EU High Representative Catherine Ashton asked from the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) to convene on 12 August to discuss the three major crisis in Ukraine, Iraq and Gaza. The spokesperson of the European External Action Service (EEAS) said the PSC conclusions: …read more Source: New...

      Kyiv’s troops surround separatist stronghold Donetsk, civilian casualties high
      Aug13

      Kyiv’s troops surround separatist stronghold Donetsk, civilian casualties high

      Ukraine’s government says its armed forces have surrounded Donetsk, the stronghold of pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country – but for… …read more Source:...

      On Russia’s border with Ukraine, fighters and military gear move freely
      Aug13

      On Russia’s border with Ukraine, fighters and military gear move freely

      VERKHNYAYA OREKHOVKA Russia (Reuters) – In Russia’s southwestern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, a military-style training camp, a broken down border fence and tracks consistent with armoured personnel carriers or tanks add to a body of evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine’s war. …read more Source:...

      War between Russia and Ukraine could be imminent
      Aug13

      War between Russia and Ukraine could be imminent

      It would be little surprise if, as is feared in Kiev, the aid convoy dispatched today by Russia in the direction of eastern Ukraine contained more than just food and basic supplies. Some 280 trucks set off, apparently from a military base, without the full assent of the International Committee of the Red Cross, under whose auspices the mission...