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Donetsk becomes a ghost town as fearful residents flee conflict
Three months into crisis, businesses have closed, ATMs have run out of cash, and flowers are a guilty pleasureIt was like one of the illicit apartment concerts from Soviet days, only with better cocktails. Dozens of young people packed into a basement room, singing along to classic Russian and Ukrainian tunes strummed out by a rotating cast of...
Ukrainian president hails breakthrough as Slavyansk seized from separatists
Petro Poroshenko says town’s recapture has ‘incredible symbolic importance’, as rebels retreat to regional capital DonetskThe Ukrainian authorities have trumpeted a turning point in the three-month conflict with separatists in the east after retaking a town at the epicentre of the breakaway movement.The breakthrough came after...
As West, Russia talk truce, Poroshenko heeds Ukrainians’ call to arms
KIEV (Reuters) – In a country torn between Russia and western Europe, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s decision to resume an offensive against pro-Moscow rebels has carefully ignored both neighbors to show an ear acutely tuned to Ukrainian domestic politics. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists vow to fight on
Pro-Russian militants flee Slavyansk to regroup in Donetsk, the provincial capital. Secessionist fighters call on Moscow to intervene in conflict …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine hails capture of rebel stronghold as turning point in conflict
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian security officials said on Sunday they were in full control of the former rebel stronghold of Slaviansk after re-taking it in a victory which President Petro Poroshenko said could mark a turning point in the fight against the separatists. …read more Source:...
Rebels in retreat as Kiev takes back strongholds
Ukrainian separatist rebels have pulled back to the main city of Donetsk, abandoning several key strongholds to government forces. Early… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rebels regroup in Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine are reported to be regrouping in Donetsk after government forces retook some of their main strongholds. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Government forces retake Slovyansk from rebels
Separatists who seized Slovyansk, turning the eastern city into a pro-Russian stronghold, have been overwhelmed by a large-scale offensive by government forces. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leader hails ‘turning point’
Ukraine’s leader hails the recapture of the rebel stronghold of Sloviansk as a “turning point” in the three-month conflict in the east. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops retake key city of Slavyansk from rebels in east
Kiev government offensive against pro-Russia forces achieves first significant victory in restoring state controlGovernment troops have raised a Ukrainian flag over the rebel stronghold of Slavyansk in Kiev’s biggest tactical victory since the start of the conflict in the east of the country.Kiev’s forces entered the city on Saturday...
