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      Tens of thousands attend unity gig in Kyiv
      Jun22

      Tens of thousands attend unity gig in Kyiv

      Tens of thousands of music fans came together at Olimpiysky stadium in Kyiv to attend the 20th anniversary concert of Okean Elzy, one of Ukraine’s… …read more Source:...

      Poroshenko spells out peace plan but Ukraine truce fails to stop fighting
      Jun22

      Poroshenko spells out peace plan but Ukraine truce fails to stop fighting

      He has declared a week-long unilateral ceasefire. But with fighting still raging in eastern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko visited the… …read more Source:...

      Vladimir Putin backs Ukraine ceasefire but orders huge military exercise
      Jun22

      Vladimir Putin backs Ukraine ceasefire but orders huge military exercise

      Kremlin’s commitment to quelling violence still in doubt as Russian president warns that talks are needed on peace planThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has expressed his support for Ukraines unilateral ceasefire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and has appealed to both sides to halt all military operations.However, he...

      Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko’s ceasefire lasts only hours as peace plan crumbles
      Jun22

      Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko’s ceasefire lasts only hours as peace plan crumbles

      Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan appeared doomed from the start: rejected by Russia and ignored by separatists in Ukraine’s east. And yesterday, after another night of fierce fighting, it lay in tatters. …read more Source: The...

      Rebels defy Ukraine cease fire
      Jun21

      Rebels defy Ukraine cease fire

      Tension remains high amid reports that the separatists, though increasingly encircled, have acquired heavy weapons such as battle tanks and APCs …read more Source: Financial...

      Continued separatist attacks put strain on fledgling Ukraine ceasefire
      Jun21

      Continued separatist attacks put strain on fledgling Ukraine ceasefire

      Military posts on the Russian border attacked, while Ukrainian troops also repel pro-Russian separatists from an airforce basePro-Russian separatists attacked Ukrainian posts on the border with Russia and a military base and tried to storm an airforce base overnight into Saturday, government forces said, putting a Ukrainian unilateral ceasefire...

      No peace without Moscow
      Jun21

      No peace without Moscow

      Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan is bound to fail, as neither the separatists in eastern Ukraine nor Russia are interested in a political solution, says DW’s Bernd Johann. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Eastern Ukrainian separatists defy the president’s peace plan – video
      Jun21

      Eastern Ukrainian separatists defy the president’s peace plan – video

      Separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk take an oath of allegiance on Saturday after Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko declared a week-long ceasefire. The self-proclaimed leader of the movement defies Poroshenko’s peace plan, calling it unrealistic, and says that he and his troops want a referendum to join Russia …...

      Ukrainian peace broken amidst cross-border shelling
      Jun21

      Ukrainian peace broken amidst cross-border shelling

      A ceasefire called for by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has suffered a serious set back after an incident around the Russian border in the… …read more Source:...

      Rebel attacks on Ukraine forces put ceasefire under pressure
      Jun21

      Rebel attacks on Ukraine forces put ceasefire under pressure

      KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists attacked Ukrainian posts on the border with Russia and a military base, and tried to storm an airforce base overnight into Saturday, government forces said, putting a Ukrainian unilateral ceasefire under pressure. …read more Source:...