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Russia could face tough banking sanctions within days, Downing Street says
Russia could face tough new EU sanctions on banking, arms deals and technology within days, Downing Street says …read more Source: The...
Ukraine troops advance as experts renew attempt to reach crash site
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – At least three civilians were killed in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine and government troops pressed ahead with their campaign against pro-Russian rebels, taking a strategic point close to where Malaysian flight MH17 crashed, officials said on Monday. …read more Source:...
U.N. says 1,100 killed in Ukraine since mid-April
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 1,129 people have been killed and 3,442 wounded in the Ukraine conflict since mid-April, U.N. monitors in the country said in their fourth monthly report on Monday. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash: Shooting down the Malaysia Airlines flight ‘may amount to a war crime’, says UN
The UN condemns the ‘horrendous shooting down’ of the plane as it says more than 1,000 people have been killed in fighting in east Ukraine …read more Source: The...
MH17: Dutch and Australian experts in fresh attempt to reach crash site
Dutch authorities decide against armed mission to secure site amid fears they could be dragged into Ukraine’s civil warDutch and Australian police will make a fresh attempt to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in insurgent-held east Ukraine on Monday, after heavy fighting nearby scuppered their previous efforts. …...
Flight MH17: victims remains might not all be found, AFP warns
Intense fighting between pro-Russia rebels and Ukrainian forces has reduced the chance of a successful recovery Australians must prepare for the possibility that not all remains will be recovered from the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine, a federal police chief has warned.Andrew Colvin, the deputy commissioner of the...
MH17 downing ‘may be war crime’
The downing of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine may constitute a “war crime”, the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says. …read more Source:...
In Ukraine’s east, Soviet-style economy withers under onslaught
DONETSK/KIEV (Reuters) – After pro-Russian rebels took 720 kg of explosives, 360 detonators and almost 1 km of wiring, the Skochinskiy coal mine, an ageing stalwart of the economy in Ukraine’s Donbass region, was put out of action. …read more Source:...
Australian police to renew bid to access Ukraine crash site
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A joint Australian-Dutch probe team will renew efforts on Monday to gain access to the crash site of a Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine, Australian Federal Police said, after fierce fighting kept them away the previous day. …read more Source:...
‘Proof’ Russia is firing at Ukrainian troops
The grainy images seem to show rocket launchers and heavy artillery being used against Ukrainian forces both from Russia’s side of the border and within Ukraine itself. …read more Source: Daily...
