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2,000 reconnaissance troops stage exercises in Russia: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – About 2,000 Russian reconnaissance troops have started exercises in southern Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, a day before a summit on the Ukraine crisis in the Belarussian capital Minsk. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks parliament to agree to dismiss General Prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked parliament to agree to the dismissal of General Prosecutor Vitaliy Yarema, according to the text of an official request posted on the parliamentary website on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Seven Ukrainian servicemen killed in the east: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 23 wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Polish defense minister says supplying arms to Ukraine is last option
WARSAW (Reuters) – Supplying arms to Ukraine is a final option, but one worth avoiding, as it could trigger an escalation of the conflict in the country’s east, Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels claim gains on town
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine say they have encircled the key town of Debaltseve – but Ukraine says its troops are still fighting along a supply road. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: US may supply arms to Ukraine
The US is examining the option of supplying “lethal defensive weapons” to Ukraine if a peace deal is not reached to end the crisis in the east of the country, Barack Obama has said. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the US President blamed Russia for the continued conflict in eastern Ukraine and said that sending...
VIDEO: Wife’s quest to free captive soldier
Fierce fighting has continued in eastern Ukraine despite ongoing efforts to broker a ceasefire between pro-Russian rebels and government troops. …read more Source:...
Screams as shell ‘hits Ukrainian soup kitchen’
Video footage appears to show the moment a shell strikes a community soup kitchen in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Video: Chaos As Rockets Slam Into Soup Kitchen
People dive for cover as a Ukrainian government attack forces people to run for their lives to a makeshift bomb shelter. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine crisis analysis: The US and Nato cannot solve this – only Ukrainians can do that
The severed section of the fuselage lay 20 yards from a part of the undercarriage, beyond that were two upturned seats. Across the road, an open suitcase was gathering rain, next to pairs of children’s shoes, magazines and a set of keys. These were the remains of Flight MH17 spread on fields around Debaltseve on the day the official inquiry...
