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Ukraine rebels abandon key cities
Ukrainian separatist rebels pull back to the main city of Donetsk, abandoning several strongholds in the Donetsk region to government forces. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Government troops reclaim Slavyansk after battles with rebels
The Ukrainian army has re-taken a key separatist stronghold from rebels in one of its first major military successes in the three-month conflict. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Government troops gain control of Slavyansk after battles with rebels
The Ukrainian army has re-taken a key separatist stronghold from rebels in one of its first major military successes in the three-month conflict. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian troops force out pro-Russian separatists: Interfax citing rebel leader
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine were forced to leave positions along their northern front by a government offensive, a leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic was quoted as saying on Saturday by news agency Interfax. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian separatists flee Ukraine stronghold
Rebel leader claims regrouping for ‘final battle’ after plea for Russian help …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine army regains control of Slavyansk
President Petro Poroshenko orders national flag to fly over rebel stronghold after armed pro-Russian separatists fleeUkrainian troops have regained control of the key eastern city of Slavyansk from pro-Russian rebels in what could mark a turning point in the country’s three-month battle to maintain its independence.The city, which houses...
Ukraine army to raise flag over Slavyansk
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko orders move after large numbers of pro-Russian militants reportedly flee separatist strongholdThe Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, has ordered the army to raise the national flag in the separatist stronghold of Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine, after hearing reports of military successes, the presidential...
Rebels deny fleeing Ukraine base
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine deny media reports they have fled their stronghold of Sloviansk. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader orders flag raised in rebel stronghold after overnight army successes
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday ordered the army to raise the national flag in the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine, after hearing reports of military successes there, the presidential website said. …read more Source:...
Life in a war zone Ukraine
How do you go about your daily life while under constant threat of bombardment? We speak to families in Slavyansk to find outIt isn’t yet dusk, but the sky to the south is darkening with an approaching storm as Denis Dragusevich and Zhenya Kucheryavaya play with their three small boys in a dusty apartment-building playground in Slavyansk....
