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Ukrainian troops ‘used banned cluster bombs’ on populated rebel cities, report claims
Ukraine vows full inquiry into claims by Human Rights Watch that troops used controversial munitions on civilian areas …read more Source: The...
War heroes and activists to shape new-look Ukraine parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Out will go the bodyguards and mistresses, in are likely to come the street activists and war veterans: Ukraine’s next parliament will be pro-Western and strongly nationalist, and it won’t be to Russia’s liking. …read more Source:...
Cluster bombs used in eastern Ukraine, says human rights group
Human Rights Watch evidence suggests use by Ukrainian government forces – and possibly rebels – in Donetsk attacksEvidence collected by New York-based Human Rights Watch suggests both government forces and pro-Russian separatists have used cluster munitions in eastern Ukraine.A spokesmen for the Kiev governments military operation...
Ukraine, Russia, EU energy chiefs meet to finalize gas deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine aim to resolve an impasse over natural gas supplies on Tuesday as their energy ministers meet in Brussels for talks brokered by the European Union’s energy commissioner. …read more Source:...
Ukraine faces cluster bomb claim
A leading human rights group says it has strong evidence Ukraine attacked populated areas of Donetsk with cluster bombs, banned by many other states. …read more Source:...
Ukraine vote candidate survives gun and grenade attack: party
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian election candidate allied to the prime minister was shot at and came under a grenade attack as he left his home late on Monday, and only survived because he was wearing body armor, his party said. …read more Source:...
Russian Energy Minister says hope for gas deal with Ukraine on Tuesday: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday he hopes to finalize gas agreement during a trilateral meeting later in the day in Brussels, Interfax news agency reports. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Victimised by rebels in east Ukraine
A woman who helped the Ukrainian army fight in east Ukraine has detailed the violence pro-Russian rebels then subjected her to. …read more Source:...
Polish ex-minister quoted saying Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland
Comments will heighten tensions between Poland and Russia, already at odds over the Ukrainian crisis and Poland’s arrest of two men suspected of spying for Moscow …read more Source: The...
Polish ex-minister quoted saying Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s parliamentary speaker, Radoslaw Sikorski, has been quoted as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland’s then leader in 2008 that they divide Ukraine between themselves. …read more Source:...
