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Heavy shelling as rebels keep pressure on Ukraine’s Debaltseve
VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Separatists are keeping up attacks on the strategic railway junction of Debaltseve despite a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, a Kiev military spokesman said on Monday, and witnesses reported heavy shelling in the area. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Despite Ceasefire
Four Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in attacks by separatists since a ceasefire came into force, according to reports. …read more Source: Sky...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 16 Feb 2015
EGYPT BOMBS I.S TARGETS IN LIBYAEgypt has bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya after the Sunni extremist group posted a video purporting to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts, impoverished labourers taken prisoner because of their Christianity. This is the first time Egypt has publicly acknowledged carrying out air strikes in Libya....
The Business: Monday February 16 2015
Company news, markets and financial talking points, available from 8am Monday to Friday ED BALLS TARGETS CASH-IN-HAND JOBS Ed Balls is launching an offensive on tax dodging cash-in-hand workers, says The Times. The shadow chancellor has told householders to get a receipt for every low-cost cash job by a gardener, cleaner or handyman because it is...
World Thinkers 2015: Anne Applebaum
© Anne Applebaum As the crisis in Ukraine has unfolded Anne Applebaum, from her home in Warsaw, has proven an insightful Pulitzer-winning critic, both of Vladimir Putin and of the west’s response. After the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, she wrote that if Putin did not denounce the separatist rebels in Ukraine, “then we...
Monitors press to enter Ukraine town
Observers from the OSCE are to try again to reach a besieged town in east Ukraine, after saying they were denied access by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Ceasefire Holds Despite Sporadic Gunfire
A tentative ceasefire continues in Ukraine despite occasional shell and mortar fire near the transport hub of Debaltseve. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine truce holds despite sporadic shelling
Fighting dropped sharply across eastern Ukraine yesterday but there was still sporadic shelling after a ceasefire came into force, the first step in a fragile peace plan aimed at ending 10 months of conflict. AFP journalists heard occasional artillery fire coming from the direction of the flashpoint town of Debaltseve, where pro-Russian rebels...
Ukraine ceasefire slows – but does not stop – war in the east
Dispatch: Ukraine peace plan ‘generally’ observed, but not in Debaltseve, where rebels claim ceasefire ‘does not apply’ …read more Source: The...
IMF deal offers Kiev incentive on reforms
Aid programme for Ukraine looks underfunded, writes Anders Åslund …read more Source: Financial...
