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Ukraine leader urges EU to take tough action against Russia
Jul16

Ukraine leader urges EU to take tough action against Russia

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged the European Union to take tough action against Russia over the separatist conflict in Ukraine’s eastern regions at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Wednesday. …read more Source:...

VIDEO: Russia feels heat of Ukraine conflict
Jul16

VIDEO: Russia feels heat of Ukraine conflict

Russia’s Ministry of Defence has shown journalists what it says is the aftermath of a shell attack on its soil on Sunday, which killed one man. …read more Source:...

VIDEO: Rockets hit rebel-held Ukraine town
Jul16

VIDEO: Rockets hit rebel-held Ukraine town

Eleven people are killed in a rocket attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Russia sends Cold War tanks to border for Ukraine rebels
Jul15

Russia sends Cold War tanks to border for Ukraine rebels

Soviet tanks, armoured vehicles, rocket launchers, artillery and air defence systems from the Cold War are being stockpiled at the… …read more Source: The...

Putin’s chief weapon is destabilising Kiev
Jul15

Putin’s chief weapon is destabilising Kiev

Vladimir Putin cannot afford a politically embrarrassing rout of separatist rebels unless at least some of Russia’s underlying strategic goals are achieved in Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...

Warplane bombs town in east Ukraine
Jul15

Warplane bombs town in east Ukraine

A warplane attacks a rebel-held town with rockets in eastern Ukraine, shattering homes and killing at least four people. …read more Source:...

Soldiers killed in Ukraine, Kiev points at Moscow over air strike
Jul15

Soldiers killed in Ukraine, Kiev points at Moscow over air strike

KIEV (Reuters) – At least six Ukrainian soldiers were killed in renewed attacks on government military posts and checkpoints by pro-Moscow separatists near the border with Russia, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...

‘I was a separatist fighter in Ukraine’
Jul15

‘I was a separatist fighter in Ukraine’

Artur Gasparyan, 24, is from Spitak in Armenia. In May, he says he was recruited in Moscow to fight in eastern Ukraine. Now back in the Russian capital, he spoke to Mumin Shakirov About 10 guys showed up at a meeting somewhere near VDNKh [the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in northern Moscow]. We spoke in the entrance arch of a residential...

Ukraine and Russia edge closer to war amid accusations of cross-border attacks
Jul15

Ukraine and Russia edge closer to war amid accusations of cross-border attacks

Kiev blames Russian forces for downing of Ukrainian plane, and Moscow warns of ‘irreversible consequences’ over shelling amid reported troop buildup at frontier …read more Source: The...

Ukraine accuses Russia over downed plane
Jul14

Ukraine accuses Russia over downed plane

Kiev authorities say they lost contact with military transport carrier at 09.30 GMT while it was flying above the height reachable by rebel weapons …read more Source: Financial...