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      Ukraine claims control of eastern border
      Jun20

      Ukraine claims control of eastern border

      New president Petro Poroshenko is preparing to unveil a peace plan after saying his forces have cut off the flow of arms and fighters from Russia …read more Source: Financial...

      Moscow funeral held for Russian reporters killed in Ukraine mortar attack
      Jun20

      Moscow funeral held for Russian reporters killed in Ukraine mortar attack

      A funeral was held on Friday in Moscow for the Russian journalist and his sound engineer, who both died on Tuesday in eastern Ukraine while reporting… …read more Source:...

      Ukraine’s Poroshenko unveils peace plan, as Russia defends border troop deployment
      Jun20

      Ukraine’s Poroshenko unveils peace plan, as Russia defends border troop deployment

      The new Western-backed Ukrainian president has released a peace plan designed to end a separatist uprising in the east. Russia, meanwhile, has rejected criticism of a troop deployment to its shared border with Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Separatists cause economic slump in Donbas
      Jun20

      Separatists cause economic slump in Donbas

      The armed conflict is taking a heavy toll on the economy in Donbas, Ukraine’s industrial heartland. Infrastructure has been damaged, fewer product orders are coming in, and exports to Russia have slumped. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Poroshenko peace plan would create ‘buffer zone’ between Ukraine and Russia
      Jun20

      Poroshenko peace plan would create ‘buffer zone’ between Ukraine and Russia

      President Petro Poroshenko’s much-publicised peace plan for Ukraine is said to call for a 10-kilometre buffer zone to be created on the border with… …read more Source:...

      Estonia PM calls for permanent NATO presence as bulwark to Russia
      Jun20

      Estonia PM calls for permanent NATO presence as bulwark to Russia

      BERLIN (Reuters) – Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas urged NATO on Friday to establish a permanent presence in the Baltic state in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, telling his allies to “open your eyes and stay awake”. …read more Source:...

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed and 30 injured in fighting in the east
      Jun20

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed and 30 injured in fighting in the east

      Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels continues after Poroshenko said he would soon call ceasefireSeven Ukrainian troops have been killed since Thursday in the east, Ukrainian officials have said, as hostilities between government forces and pro-Russian rebels continued two days after President Petro Poroshenko said he would...

      New battles as Ukraine says 300 separatists killed in fighting
      Jun20

      New battles as Ukraine says 300 separatists killed in fighting

      KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting raged for a second successive day in the east of Ukraine on Friday, a day after clashes in which Ukrainian government forces said about 300 separatists were killed. …read more Source:...

      Merkel, Hollande call on Putin to convince Ukraine rebels to lay down arms
      Jun20

      Merkel, Hollande call on Putin to convince Ukraine rebels to lay down arms

      The leaders of France and Germany have called on Russia to support a cease-fire plan, proposed by Ukraine’s president, under threat of sanctions. Meanwhile, heavy fighting has been reported in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops
      Jun20

      Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops

      SIVERSK (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces. …read more Source:...