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EU weighs more sanctions on Russia
EU leaders ask their foreign ministers to consider imposing further sanctions on Russia in response to the continued fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
EU leaders urge further Russia sanctions
Call comes as violence in eastern Ukraine escalates …read more Source: Financial...
EU foreign ministers to consider new sanction against Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders asked their foreign ministers on Tuesday to consider an appropriate response to renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine, including new sanctions against Russia, when the ministers meet in Brussels on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed, 29 wounded in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Nine Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 29 wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Auschwitz concentration camp: 70 years since liberation
Visitors walk inside the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz camp (Picture: Reuters)Around 300 survivors are expected to attend the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp – the youngest in their 70s. The returning internees fear a resurgent anti-Semitism due to a slow forgetting of the...
VIDEO: Ukraine civilians ‘caught in firing line’
NATO has dismissed as “nonsense” claims by Vladimir Putin that NATO soldiers are fighting alongside Ukrainian government troops in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian credit rating cut by Standard & Poor’s
Ratings agency reports decision to downgrade sovereign credit rating due to Russia’s weakened economic growth prospectsRussia’s sovereign credit rating has been cut to below investment grade with a negative outlook by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, which says Russia’s economic growth prospects have weakened.The...
Nato lashes out at Russia over Ukraine
As crisis worsens Putin calls Kiev’s army a ‘foreign legion’ …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine at war: ‘People feel abandoned’ | Emilie Rouvroy
Food and medicine are getting scarce, and those in the conflict zone wonder why the world has forgotten themThe fighting has intensified dramatically since last week and the situation here is deteriorating rapidly. In the past five days, there has been heavy fighting. We hear the constant boom of shelling and crackle of shooting. More than 70...
Kiev ‘punishes’ civilians in Donetsk with travel permits and drugs blockade
Ukrainians in areas disputed with Russia suffering as Kiev restricts access to food, electricity and medicinesAs the conflict in East Ukraine enters another hot phase, residents of the rebel-controlled territories say they are now stranded due to a new travel permit system introduced by Kiev, while aid organisations have warned that a medical...
