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Russia freezes Ukraine into submission: Kiev admits country doesn’t have enough fuel for winter
The fields around Grabova and Debaltseve became the focus of international attention as the crash site of Flight MH17. But along the roads leading to the villages are reminders, on the scarred landscape, of another casualty of Ukraine’s civil war which will have a huge impact in the coming months – the coal mines that have been closed down....
Violence puts pressure on Ukraine truce
Pro-Kiev forces say they are observing the truce and fighting only when attacked but separatists accuse them of shelling Donetsk and other areas …read more Source: Financial...
Nato begins military exercises in Ukraine
For the first time one European country now contains both Nato troops and Russian combat units, although they are deployed at opposite ends of Ukraine about 700 miles apart …read more Source: The...
‘War’ and ‘peace’ factions split Ukraine
A 10-day ceasefire in Ukraine is leading many to ask whether Kiev can secure a long-term peace deal with Moscow …read more Source: Financial...
Nato troops begin Ukraine drill
About 1,300 troops from 15 countries – including the US and other Nato members – begin a military exercise near Lviv in western Ukraine. …read more Source:...
International monitors shelled in eastern Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – A six-person international monitoring team came under shelling attack twice in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Sunday despite a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, a spokesman for the group said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Explosions and gunfire return to Ukraine on day of heavy fighting
Large clouds of thick black smoke could be seen billowing over Donetsk inn eastern Ukraine as sustained shelling and automatic gunfire rang out throughout the day. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine crisis: Luhansk celebrates end of weeks of shelling
The conflict-wracked eastern Ukraine city of Luhansk had a rare day of jubilation yesterday as pro-Russian fighters paraded military vehicles victoriously through city streets – as other areas saw continued shelling in the conflict between government forces and the rebels. …read more Source: The...
Nato members ‘secretly sending’ weapons to support Ukraine
Nato countries have begun delivering weapons to Ukraine to help fight pro-Russian separatists, the country’s defence minister claimed last night…. …read more Source: The...
Nato members ‘send arms to Ukraine’
Nato countries have started delivering arms to Ukraine to help its soldiers combat pro-Russian separatists in the east, the defence minister says. …read more Source:...
