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‘MH17 jet was shot down by missile launcher put on the back of my Volvo’, Ukrainian says
The owner of what is said to be the only such white Volvo truck in the Donetsk region of Ukraine has identified his lorry and said it was commandeered by separatists who took over his premises nine days before the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot out of the sky. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia Stages Exercises On Ukraine Border
Tensions in Ukraine are likely to be heightened as Russia carries out helicopter and plane missile fire close to the border. …read more Source: Sky...
Hundreds of Ukrainian troops cross border into Russia
Russia claimed today that more than 400 Ukrainian troops had deserted the Kiev government and crossed the border, seeking asylum…. …read more Source: The...
Is western media coverage of the Ukraine crisis anti-Russian?
Many column inches have been devoted to analysing biased Russian media reports of the Ukraine crisis, but is coverage in the west as objective as it should be?In war, it is said, truth is the first casualty. That has certainly been the case with the conflict in Ukraine.The western media however are not guilt free. Almost routinely they have...
Russia’s tank biathlon world championship kicks off outside Moscow
Teams from ex-USSR republics and Nato were supposed to compete, but event takes place amid new diplomatic lowIt was meant to be a celebration of peace, love and tanks as former cold war foes raced through obstacles and fired at targets.Instead, Russia’s tank biathlon world championship, which started on Monday at testing grounds outside...
VIDEO: MH17 flowers moved at Schiphol airport
Hundreds of flowers and tributes laid outside Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in remembrance of the victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine are being moved to a new location. …read more Source:...
Kiev says it recaptures rail hub in east Ukraine, five soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Five government soldiers were killed and 15 wounded over the last 24 hours in fighting in eastern Ukraine where Kiev forces recaptured an important railway hub from pro-Russian rebels, a security official in Kiev said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Russia in air exercises near Ukraine
Russia announces it is holding a major air force exercise this week near the Ukraine border, seen as a show of strength as clashes continue in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
US Plane Flies Into Sweden To Avoid Russians
The incident over the Baltic Sea comes at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Sky...
Russia holds military exercises near Ukraine border
Air force says 100 aircraft will participate and conduct missile practice, as Ukrainian army advances on rebel-held DonetskRussia is conducting military exercises with more than 100 aircraft in the country’s central and western districts, in a show of strength near the border with Ukraine.A Russian air force spokesman, Igor Klimov, told the...
