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Russia and Ukraine in war of words as heavy fighting continues in east
Moscow denies having 9,000 troops on the ground as Ukrainian artillery attacks claim civilian livesMoscow and Kiev again traded mutual accusations of warmongering on Wednesday, as fighting and heavy shelling continued on the ground in east Ukraine and residential areas continued to come under fire.Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, told...
Russia sends 9,000 troops into Ukraine, says Petro Poroshenko
This deployment of Russian forces would be the biggest since the crisis began …read more Source: The...
Ukraine asks IMF for new bailout funds – Davos 2015 live
Rolling coverage of the first day of the World Economic Forum, including appearances by former US vice-president Al Gore, Ukraine’s president Poroshenko and Chinese premier Li Keqiang. Watch live on the WEF website hereLatest: Ukraine asks for helpPresident: Russia must withdraw troopsBlair told to accept responsibility for current...
NATO calls on Russia to pull troops from Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO said on Wednesday it had seen an increase in the numbers of tanks, artillery pieces and other heavy military equipment being used by Russian troops in eastern Ukraine and renewed a call for Moscow to withdraw. …read more Source:...
Donetsk residents despair after days of heavy shelling in east Ukraine – video
Residents lament their damaged homes after heavy shelling in and around the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk over the past few days. A rebel spokesman says on Wednesday that in the previous 24 hours five people were killed and 30 were wounded. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says he does not want to see the start of a new cold war and says...
Merkel plays down expectations from new Ukraine talks in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she hoped a new round of talks with Ukraine and Russia in Berlin could help implement an elusive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine but warned against expecting too much, given another upsurge in the violence. …read more Source:...
Russia has 9,000 troops on Ukrainian soil, Poroshenko tells Davos forum
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that Russia had 9,000 troops on Ukrainian soil and he called on Moscow to withdraw them. …read more Source:...
Donetsk airport turns from trophy to ruin
War of attrition for symbolic and increasingly strategic frontline in eastern Ukraine intensifies …read more Source: Financial...
State of the Union: Russia condemns US attitude of ‘world domination’
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov accuses Obama of taking ‘course of confrontation’ over remarks in speech aimed at RussiaRussia has hit back at Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, saying that it showed the United States believes it is “number one” and seeks world domination.The US president said his country was upholding “the...
Russia denies its troops are in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia denied new accusations by Kiev that it had sent soldiers and weapons to east Ukraine and held out hope of progress at talks on the conflict in Berlin on Wednesday despite renewed fighting. …read more Source:...
