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Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down over rebel-held territory
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev said two of its fighter jets were shot down over the rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, and the missiles that brought them down might have been fired from Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine claims Russia shot down two military jets
Ukraine planes shot down as rebel commander ‘admits’ separatists had Buk anti-aircraft missiles …read more Source: The...
MH17: Holland comes to mournful standstill as victims of Malaysia Airlines begin journey home
As the first of MH17’s 298 victims arrive in Holland from Ukraine they are greeted by a nation in still in shock …read more Source: The...
Eastern Ukraine: Fighting on
THE two presidents could not have offered a greater contrast. Announcing new sanctions against Russia on July 16th, America’s Barack Obama read a prepared statement and took no questions. Minutes later, Russia’s Vladimir Putin staged an off-the-cuff press conference in Brazil to assail the sanctions’ legitimacy. He let emotion...
War in Ukraine: The turn of the tide
THE Ukrainian flag flies again over Sloviansk, a former stronghold of eastern Ukraine’s separatists. Succumbing to some punishing shelling, the rebels retreated on July 5th, leaving behind a city blighted with bullet holes and bombed-out buildings. In areas they had vacated, unexploded mortars lay wedged into the asphalt.After ending its...
Calls for Tory MP to stand down as trade envoy over Russian business links
Cameron’s advisor Charles Hendry heads body promoting Russo-British trade as MPs urger stronger sanctionsOne of David Cameron’s trade envoys and former ministers is facing calls to stand down over for his links to a pro-Russian business group.Charles Hendry, a Tory MP and former energy minister, is listed as president of the...
Netherlands mourns as bodies of MH17 plane crash victims are flown home
Dutch royals and premier Mark Rutte join relatives at Eindhoven airport to receive 40 coffins arriving from Ukraine disaster siteAs the first coffin was lowered from the planes on the runway, silence fell over Eindhoven military airport. The only sound came from a row of flags whipping in the wind at half mast.Almost a week after Malaysia...
Dutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
EINDHOVEN Netherlands (Reuters) – The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived on Wednesday at a military base in the Netherlands – a nation in shock and sorrow. …read more Source:...
MH17: Ukraine separatist commander admits rebels had Buk missile system
Alexander Khodakovsky makes first such admission by senior separatist figure following downing of Malaysia Airlines planeA top rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has admitted the armed separatist movement had control of a Buk missile system, which Kiev and western countries say was used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane last week.Alexander...
Ukraine crisis: Now the city of Slovyansk has been recaptured, will Donetsk be next?
In Lenin Square, a series of blue and yellow banners flew from flagpoles. From a large speaker, the volume turned up higher than was entirely necessarily, were being broadcast the day’s business in the national parliament in Kiev. …read more Source: The...
