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US increasingly concerned that Russia is intent on partitioning Ukraine
With rebels having seized extra 200 square miles of territory, US’s leaking of talks about sending weapons to Kiev may be Obama’s way of warning Putin to back offThe public disclosure that the US is considering supplying lethal weaponry to Ukraine in its battle with Russian-backed separatists reflects heightened American concern that...
US ‘constantly assessing’ policies in Ukraine
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Donetsk opera house: tanks on the street but the show must go on
The city’s opera house remains open despite the dangers posed by the conflict between local separatists and Ukrainian forcesBy now in Donetsk, everyone from children to pensioners can differentiate between the sound of incoming and outgoing fire, or identify a mortar or Grad rocket from its pitch. At the Donbass Opera, however, people are...
Report: US considers giving arms to Ukraine forces
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Donetsk opera house – in pictures
Amid the fighting in Ukraine – and against all the odds – Donetsk’s opera house remains open, despite the fact that none of the troupe have been paid in months, all four conductors have left the city, and the singers take a risk every time they travel to work. Photographer Maria Turchenkova met cast members as they prepared for a...
Ukraine rebels ‘to raise 100,000 men’
Pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko announces plans to recruit 100,000 men, as fighting with Ukrainian forces intensifies. …read more Source:...
US ‘considers arming Ukrainian army’ as fighting continues in the east
Pro-Russian rebels trying to encircle Ukrainian troops in the eastern town of Debaltseve as US considers whether to provide “lethal assistance” …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says five more soldiers killed overnight in fighting in the east
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 29 wounded in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, a Ukraine military spokesman said on Monday morning. …read more Source:...
US considers providing arms to Ukraine as rebels step up attacks, says report
John Kerry and military ‘open to arming Kiev forces’, says New York TimesWashington concerned by renewed fighting after breakdown of truceAt least two dozen dead in renewed fighting in UkrainePresident Barack Obama’s administration is considering providing Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and equipment in the face of a rebel...
Deadly clashes rage in east Ukraine after peace talks fail
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces from a strategic rail hub after peace talks collapsed. …read more Source:...
