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Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion
Aug20

Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion

DONETSK Ukraine/BERLIN (Reuters) – A gun battle broke out in the center of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-Moscow separatist rebellion. …read more Source:...

Ukrainian troops attack pro-Russia rebels as peace efforts continue
Aug20

Ukrainian troops attack pro-Russia rebels as peace efforts continue

Soldier killed and four wounded as Ukrainian president prepares to hold meetings with Angela Merkel and then Vladimir PutinGovernment troops carried out attacks on Tuesday in the two largest cities held by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev also pursued diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict that has killed more than 2,000 and...

So, Mr Putin, where are the tanks? Convoy of military transporters carrying tanks towards Ukraine border now seen returning empty
Aug20

So, Mr Putin, where are the tanks? Convoy of military transporters carrying tanks towards Ukraine border now seen returning empty

New pictures show a military transporter convoy heading back from the Russia-Ukraine border empty of the tanks they were seen carrying towards it yesterday. …read more Source: Daily...

Moment Russian sabotage cell was captured by Ukrainian secret service
Aug19

Moment Russian sabotage cell was captured by Ukrainian secret service

The SBU said the saboteurs had conducted ‘terrorist’ attacks in the Kharkiv region, which has remained in government hands throughout the bloody seven-month conflict. …read more Source: Daily...

Ukrainian air-traffic control ‘sent flight MH17 over Donetsk conflict zone’, says Russia
Aug19

Ukrainian air-traffic control ‘sent flight MH17 over Donetsk conflict zone’, says Russia

The Russian envoy to the UN Security Council has demanded Kiev release all records of its air-traffic communications with the plane, whose downing is the subject of a major diplomat crisis. …read more Source: Daily...

Ukraine convoy attack: ‘We were riding with white flag’ say survivors as 15 bodies retrieved
Aug19

Ukraine convoy attack: ‘We were riding with white flag’ say survivors as 15 bodies retrieved

Ukrainian military recover 15 bodies from wreckage of shelled refugee convoy as street fighting rages in nearby Ukraine …read more Source: The...

Video purporting to show survivors of Ukraine refugee convoy shelling released
Aug19

Video purporting to show survivors of Ukraine refugee convoy shelling released

Ukraine’s ministry of defence has released a video which it says features survivors of an artillery strike on a refugee bus convoy in east Ukraine …read more Source: The...

Street battles rage in east Ukraine
Aug19

Street battles rage in east Ukraine

Clashes are reported in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk as government forces try to close in on rebel strongholds. …read more Source:...

Poroshenko and Putin to hold talks
Aug19

Poroshenko and Putin to hold talks

Meeting as part of a summit in Minsk marks the latest attempt to reach a diplomatic solution to the escalating crisis in Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...

Ukrainian military: fighting ongoing in eastern city of Luhansk  video
Aug19

Ukrainian military: fighting ongoing in eastern city of Luhansk video

Fighting is taking place in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, according to a spokesman for the Ukrainian military. The clashes in the region have halted a recovery mission for the bodies of dozens of civilians who were killed on Monday by a rocket attack on a refugee convoy. Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered … …read more...