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EU extends sanctions against Russia as Ukraine conflict rumbles on
Russian officials claim ‘view of the Russophobic lobby has prevailed’, while further extending ban of agricultural imports from European Union nationsThe European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, drawing a rebuke and a warning of retaliation...
Yanukovych regrets Ukraine bloodshed
Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych tells the BBC he accepts some responsibility for the killings that led to his overthrow. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin tells Hollande, Merkel Ukrainian forces must stop shelling in East Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone conversation on Monday that Ukrainian forces must stop shelling in Eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Life in Ukraine’s rebel-held Donetsk
The BBC’s Tom Burridge reports from the rebel-held city of Donetsk where there are signs it is becoming like an independent state as Ukrainian influences are being swept away. …read more Source:...
EU extends Russia sanctions to 2016
EU foreign ministers extend economic sanctions against Russia until the end of January 2016 as clashes continue to weaken the Ukraine ceasefire. …read more Source:...
EU extends sanctions on Russia, launches Libya mission
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine by six months until the end of January 2016, an EU official said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine militia accused of murder
Ukraine has disbanded a notorious militia that fought alongside government forces, arresting its commander and six fighters on charges of… …read more Source: The...
Now Russia and Ukraine are at war over the ownership of St Vladimir the Great
A millennium ago, grand prince Vladimir of Kiev cast a civilisational fault line across Eastern Europe – one that divided the states of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine from the rest of the continent. …read more Source: The...
Two Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours: Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and six wounded in the past 24 hours in separatist eastern territories, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, describing an increase in fighting near the strategic port city of Mariupol. …read more Source:...
Goodbye, Lenin: how a weighty symbol of the Soviet past divided a Ukrainian city
Bitter arguments among local councillors and citizens over the fate of the communist hero’s statue highlighted a deep generational riftIn Sloviansk, a city in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, council meetings have rarely been as turbulent as they were towards the end of last month. The reason was the decision by the mayor, Oleg...
