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Five Ukrainian servicemen killed in fighting with eastern separatists: presidential aide
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian servicemen were killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, mostly near the government-held town of Maryinka where pro-Russian rebels were trying to make a significant advance, a presidential aide said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
West ‘must strengthen forces in face of Russia’
Scathing think tank report says West should have foreseen Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and now needs to strengthen its conventional forces …read more Source: The...
VIDEO: Is Russia at risk of a ‘brain drain’?
With tensions over Ukraine rising, and western sanctions beginning to bite, some of Russia’s educated middle-class are opting to move abroad. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Donetsk fighting ‘heaviest in months’
Fierce fighting has broken out between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, officials on both sides say. …read more Source:...
Tank attack threatens Ukraine ceasefire
A stretch of Ukraine’s frontline erupted in flames yesterday as a pitched battle featuring tanks, heavy artillery and hundreds of fighters… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Heavy fighting resumes as Russia is accused of using ceasefire to strengthen separatists
For Liudmilla Petrovna, 65, Wednesday morning began abruptly. A resident of Marinka, the most westerly suburb of Donetsk that had remained under Ukrainian government control, Mrs Petrovna was woken by the sound of artillery just after 4.30am. Many hours later, she remained in her cellar, without water or electricity, and frightened. “There are...
Fresh fighting erupts around Donetsk
One of the bloodiest battles in Ukraine since fragile ceasefire …read more Source: Financial...
Russian investigators point finger at Ukraine over downing of MH17
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian federal investigators said on Wednesday they had testimony from a former Ukrainian air force mechanic supporting a Moscow theory that a Malaysian passenger plane downed in east Ukraine last summer was attacked by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source:...
Ukraine accuses rebels of launching ‘large-scale offensive’
Ukrainian army claims up to a thousand separatist troops and a dozen tanks have attacked government-held positions close to Donetsk, killing 15 …read more Source: The...
Fears for Ukraine ceasefire after fresh reports of civilian deaths
Fragile ceasefire signed in February remains in place as both sides deny reports of indiscriminate shelling in eastern Ukraine during the last few daysMore civilian deaths and a new and unusually intense round of fighting on Wednesday in eastern Ukraine have rekindled fears that a shaky ceasefire deal reached in February may be close to...
