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Ukraine launches operation to reclaim lost ground around Donetsk airport
Russia’s deputy foreign minister said operation may lead to ‘irreversible consequences for Ukrainian statehood’Pro-Russia separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at Donetsk airport complex in the east of the country on Monday after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground in the region. Russia called the operation...
Ukraine PM accuses Russia of sending more troops into east of the country – video
Ukrainian prime minister, Arseny Yatsenyuk, says intelligence indicates Russia is continuing to send military personnel and equipment across the border. Yatsenyuk says the type of arms the pro-Russian rebels possess, including Buk missiles and tanks, are not available to buy on the open market and only the Russian Defence Ministry possess them....
The Guardian view on Ukraine sanctions | Editorial
The fighting and dying in Ukraine goes on but diplomacy is at a standstill. Sanctions must remain until Putin chooses peaceDonetsk airport, its runways cratered by shelling, its buildings battered and its control tower decapitated, is a modern ruin that has long ceased to function. To lose lives over it seems senseless. Yet such is its symbolism...
EU hawks blast call to ease Russia stance
Ministers attack paper exploring potential rapprochement over Ukraine as strategic blunder …read more Source: Financial...
They were never there: Russia’s silence for families of troops killed in Ukraine
The Kremlin denies sending troops into the conflict in east Ukraine, but Russian relatives of those who have served and died across the border tell a different story A growing body of information about Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine has started to reveal a damning picture of Moscow’s intervention in the separatist conflict there,...
Battle for Donetsk airport rages on
Rebels in eastern Ukraine reject the government’s claim that its troops recaptured most of Donetsk airport, as fighting continues. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks and thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Drone footage shows destroyed airport
Drone footage shows the war-torn remains of Donetsk airport, as Ukrainian officials say their forces have retaken the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk …read more Source:...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 19 Jan 2015
BOKO HARAM: ‘FIFTY CHILDREN KIDNAPPED’Islamist terror group Boko Haram is said to have carried out another kidnapping, days after satellite photos helped show the extent of a brutal massacre by the group. Army sources in Cameroon claimed the group had taken 50 children and 30 adults. The group kidnapped more than 200 girls in Nigeria last...
VIDEO: Ukraine claims airport victory
The Ukrainian military says it has reclaimed almost all of Donetsk airport from separatist rebels after launching what it described as a “massive operation” overnight. …read more Source:...
