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Crimea ditches Ukrainian mobile network
MTS-Ukraina leaves amid a row over whether it is being forced of the region. …read more Source:...
Risk of Russian military deployment in Ukraine has risen, says Polish PM
Donald Tusk’s warning about troop buildup comes as Kiev government forces advance on rebel strongholds in the eastThe Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has said that the possibility of Russia deploying military forces in Ukraine has risen, as western officials said Moscow has begun a new troop buildup on its border.”We have reasons...
Chechens say wages cut ‘to raise funds for eastern Ukraine’
Residents of the southern Russian republic tell Caucasian Knot that money has been deducted from their salaries to help fund humanitarian aid to the conflict zoneChechen residents believe their salaries are being docked to raise funds for humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine, Caucasian Knot has learned. Residents of the southern Russian...
Rising tension over Ukraine forces down European markets
Euro falls to nine-month low as Italy falls back into recession, Kremlin unveils tit-for-tat sanctions and Poland warns of Russian military build-upGrowing fears of a military conflict between Russia and Ukraine sent shares lower on Europe’s bourses and pushed the euro to a nine-month low against the dollar.Market jitters increased markedly...
Polish PM says threat of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine has risen
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that he had reasons to suspect that the threat of a direct intervention by Russia’s military in Ukraine has risen over the last couple of days. …read more Source:...
Ukraine keeps up anti-rebel offensive with nervous eye on Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces, backed by warplanes, kept up a military offensive to claw back lost territory from pro-Russian separatists on Tuesday while casting a nervous eye at Russian military exercises over the border. …read more Source:...
East Ukraine dangers increasing – UN
Civilians in eastern Ukraine are facing increasing danger as the conflict continues, the UN warns, hours after heavy fighting erupted in Donetsk. …read more Source:...
British student ‘forced into slave labour’ in Eastern Ukraine
Mohammed Yahia Abu El Gasim, 21, has now been released after spending two weeks being held captive by pro-Russian rebels …read more Source: The...
The Guardian view on rising tension in Ukraine | Editorial
Is Russia getting ready to intervene in Ukraine with its regular forces, and are there any diplomatic exchanges under way to avert such a disaster?Ukraine is the crisis that wont go away. Once again the warning signs are multiplying, as troop levels on the Russian side of the border rise, military exercises that could overnight turn into the real...
Ukraine’s revolution dream stalling due to war in the east and political stasis
President Yanukovych is long gone, but war-weariness and a sense of politics as usual are fostering whispers of a ‘new Maidan’ Nearly six months after the decisive battles between protesters and police on Kiev’s Independence Square, the charred barricades of burned tyres and twisted metal still stand in memorial to the more than...
