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Ukraine: shelling threatens fragile truce
Both sides accuse each other of violating ceasefire agreement in east Ukraine with fighting centred on the town of MariupolShelling and gunfire in east Ukraine on Sunday threatened a fragile ceasefire agreed on Friday, with both sides accusing the other of violating the truce. One woman was killed overnight in the city of Mariupol, which is still...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
DONETSK/MARIUPOL Ukraine (Reuters) – A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday, jeopardizing a ceasefire struck less than two days earlier between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Stories from a broken truce – ‘I saw my wife die in front of me. I couldn’t do anything to save her’
Aleksandr was expecting the ceasefire to be broken; the only surprise when he set off for the frontline was that it came earlier than expected. There were explosions all around as he stepped out of his armoured car in a checkpoint under attack, flying shrapnel cutting into him within minutes. …read more Source: The...
This ceasefire is Ukraines best hope | Mary Dejevsky
The agreement may seem fragile now but its terms for peace make sense for Putin as well as PoroshenkoOn Friday, in the incongruous setting of a Welsh golf resort, President Petro Poroshenko stole the headlines from a tub-thumping Nato by announcing that talks in Minsk had produced a ceasefire agreement for Ukraine. Just days on, after new...
Mariupol battered by shelling during Ukraine ceasefire
The Telegraph’s Roland Oliphant describes how shelling destroyed parts of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol when the ceasefire was broken last night …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: 1 dead as heavy shelling breaks ceasefire
Woman dies as pro-Russian rebels bombard an army checkpoint outside the port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The...
Dalai Lama attacks ‘self-centred’ Vladimir Putin
Dalai Lama states Vladimir Putin is “self-centred” and wants to “rebuild the Berlin Wall” as Ukraine’s Orthodox Church head claims Russian leader is possessed by Satan …read more Source: The...
Nato barked, but will that help Ukraine, and help deter Putin?
Nato forces to be more active in eastern Europe Questions remain about alliance capability to counter ‘hybrid warfare’Nato leaders were desperate to breathe new life into the military alliance that was in danger of expiring. And if rhetoric was the test they certainly passed it.Putin was the villain, roundly and repeatedly attacked at...
Ukraine and separatists blame each other after ceasefire broken
Shelling and shots fired in Mariupol, with Kiev and rebel forces denying responsibility after truce was agreed at talks in MinskThere was shelling and gunfire in east Ukraine on Sunday as a fragile ceasefire agreed on Friday was broken, with both sides accusing the other of violating the truce. One woman was killed overnight in the city of...
Houses destroyed in Ukraine as ceasefire dissolves
Houses in a village called Spartak in eastern Ukraine burn after being hit by fire from government troops during the ceasefire …read more Source: The...
