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Pro-Russian rebels release more OSCE observers
Jun28

Pro-Russian rebels release more OSCE observers

Interfax news agency reports that four more observers who had been held captive for weeks have been set freePro-Russian insurgents have released four European observers who they had held captive for weeks, the Interfax news agency has reported. The four observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have been freed...

Ukraine rebels release second group of OSCE monitors
Jun28

Ukraine rebels release second group of OSCE monitors

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), who had been seized on May 29, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...

The smuggling ‘foreign minister’ of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’
Jun28

The smuggling ‘foreign minister’ of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’

Rostov-on-Don is the staging post for a crucial lifeline of men and materiel headed to Eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The...

Three Ukrainian military killed in rebel attack: spokesman
Jun28

Three Ukrainian military killed in rebel attack: spokesman

KIEV (Reuters) – Three members of the Ukrainian military were killed on Saturday when pro-Russian separatists attacked their post near the eastern flashpoint city of Slaviansk with small arms and mortar fire, a military spokesman said. …read more Source:...

Russian minister accuses US of preventing Ukraine settlement
Jun28

Russian minister accuses US of preventing Ukraine settlement

US involvement has harmed the chances of a settlement between Russia and Ukraine, Russia’s foreign minister declared on Saturday. In… …read more Source: The...

The 20 photographs of the week
Jun28

The 20 photographs of the week

Luis Suárez, the violence in Iraq, the Glastonbury festival – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...

Sergei Lavrov accuses US of fuelling Ukraine crisis
Jun28

Sergei Lavrov accuses US of fuelling Ukraine crisis

Russia’s foreign minister says chances of settling crisis would have been higher if it only depended on Russia and EuropeRussia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union.Speaking in televised remarks on Saturday, Sergei Lavrov said...

Ukraine crisis: Ceasefire between Government forces and rebels extended
Jun28

Ukraine crisis: Ceasefire between Government forces and rebels extended

The fragile ceasefire between Government forces and pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine has been extended until Monday evening. …read more Source: The...

EU signs trade pact with Ukraine, ceasefire extended by 72 hours
Jun28

EU signs trade pact with Ukraine, ceasefire extended by 72 hours

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union signed an historic free-trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. …read more Source:...

Ukraine extends ceasefire by 72 hours until Monday
Jun28

Ukraine extends ceasefire by 72 hours until Monday

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday extended a government forces’ ceasefire against separatist rebels by 72 hours until 10 p.m. on Monday, the website of President Petro Poroshenko said. …read more Source:...