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Ukraine crisis: Russia warns neighbour that it risks catastrophe if it resumes hostilities
Russia has warned Ukraine that a resumption of hostilities against pro-Russian separatists in the east would be catastrophic for Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russian aggression revives sanctions support
Mounting evidence of intervention in Ukraine strengthens EU stance …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine has ignored the far right for too long it must wake up to the danger | Volodymyr Ishchenko
The indifference of officials and mainstream opinion to the election of far-right MPs is hugely worryingPro-Russian supporters use the term fascist junta to criticise the Ukrainian government. This wording is not only obviously wrong from an understanding of the words fascism and junta, but has also been detrimental to peace in Ukraine by...
Russia and Ukraine: Military marches
EVEN as Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, was heading to the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, tensions in Ukraine were escalating. Scores of tanks, lorries and artillery, unmarked and stripped of licence plates, were snaking along Ukrainian roads. Kiev accused Moscow of sending in more troops; Russia denied it. The ceasefire that never...
White widow ‘died a slow lingering death after she was hit by sniper fire in Ukraine’
Britain is seeking to verify shock claims that she was gunned down by pro-Moscow rebel forces, as reported by Regnum news agency in Moscow. …read more Source: Daily...
‘Russian body trucks’ in Ukraine
Vehicles apparently used to transport soldiers killed in action have been seen crossing the Russia-Ukraine border, European monitors say. …read more Source:...
White widow ‘dead’: Reports Samantha Lewthwaite killed in Ukraine dismissed as false
Reports claiming British terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite, the so-called ‘white widow’, was killed in Ukraine have been denied by the commander of the battalion she was reported to be fighting with. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian military will not abandon ceasefire: spokesman
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian government forces have no intention of renouncing a ceasefire in the separatist-held east of the country, a military spokesman said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Life in Donetsk: ‘Winter will be the ultimate test’
While cafes in the centre still serve oysters, residents in the suburbs are desperate for basic supplies. Zinaida Burskaya reports Read the original in RussianIt seems like a lifetime ago that Donetsk was the principal city of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine. Now the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic, there is little...
Ukraine crisis: Fragile ‘ceasefire’ gives way to an increased wave of military activity in the east
It has been a year of permanent stress for Georgy Tuka. What with raising enough money to provide Ukraine’s “Maidan warriors” with basic body protection, and stepping into the governmental void, the 50-year old entrepreneur-turned-activist has had no time to rest. …read more Source: The...
