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Fighting erupts in eastern Ukraine
Heavy shelling heard in Donetsk as Russian-back rebels and Ukrainian forces clash in the latest threat to the Minsk ceasefire signed in FebruaryFighting erupted overnight and in the early hours of Tuesday on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign...
Six Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours in east: military
KIEV (Reuters) – Six Ukrainian servicemen were killed and 12 wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says Goodbye, Lenin
Ukraine tries to eradicate communist past …read more Source:...
Foreign ministers agree withdrawal of heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine
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‘Grave concern’ about renewed Ukraine fighting, say European foreign ministers
Ceasefire must be ‘more comprehensively’ respected, says Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier, after meeting in Berlin with French, Russian and Ukrainian counterpartsFrench, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers expressed “grave concern” on Tuesday about violations of a shaky ceasefire in separatist-held east Ukraine, but...
Deal to extend Ukraine arms pullback
Russia and Ukraine agree to call for the withdrawal of more types of weapons in Ukraine’s east, amid fresh fears for the truce. …read more Source:...
Violence escalates in east Ukraine ahead of talks
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories. …read more Source:...
Russia wants to ban internet memes that mock Vladimir Putin
The Russian government has banned memes that “do not represent the personality” of the celebrities they mock. Which of course has nothing to do with Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine military says one servicemen killed, six wounded
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six were wounded in the separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a televised briefing on Monday. …read more Source:...
Eastern Europe is boosting military budgets, but US is still the big spender
Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are planning dramatic increases to arms spending, but they remain vulnerable to economic pressures, says thinktankRussia and its Nato neighbours in the Baltic have agreed dramatic increases in their military budgets, in marked contrast to countries that are further west and away from potential conflict zones,...
