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Ukraine peace talks make little progress
Kiev troops move further into the centre of Lugansk as both sides accuse each other of attacking a refugee convoy that killed civilians …read more Source: Financial...
Russian court jails opponents of Putin on rioting charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Four Russians detained during a protest against President Vladimir Putin were sentenced to prison terms on Monday after a trial critics say is part of a Kremlin campaign to stifle dissent while all eyes are on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: ‘Refugees burned alive’ as convoy hit by missile strike in eastern Ukraine
Refugees travelling in a convoy in eastern Ukraine have reportedly been killed by a missile strike as they tried to escape fierce fighting between government forces and rebels. …read more Source: The...
Russia: no ceasefire agreed but Kiev’s objections to relief convoy dropped
Sergei Lavrov says talks with Ukraine failed to agree ceasefire but questions over Russian mission have been removedRussia’s foreign minister has said that talks with Ukraine have failed to agree a ceasefire but all objections to a Russian humanitarian convoy entering the country have now been dropped.Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that...
Sky faces inquiry over MH17 report
Ofcom received more than 200 complaints over broadcast of reporter Colin Brazier picking through luggage at crash siteSky News is to be investigated by the media regulator for broadcasting images of one of its presenters handling a passengers belongings at the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site. … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of attacking refugee bus convoy
KIEV/BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists denied responsibility. …read more Source:...
‘Refugee convoy hit’ in east Ukraine
Many people died when rockets and mortars hit vehicles moving refugees from the Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military says. …read more Source:...
Russia says agreement reached on aid to Ukraine but not on ceasefire
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia on Monday said all objections to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but said no progress had been made in Berlin talks toward a ceasefire between government and rebel forces in the east of the country. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatist rebels shoot down government fighter plane in eastern Luhansk region
Photographs taken on Saturday night show Russian forces massed near the main Moscow-Rostov highway, some ten miles from the border with Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine troops claim breakthrough in battle for rebel city Luhansk
Government troops hoist flag at police stationBerlin peace talks make some progress, says GermanyConvoy still parked at borderUkrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraines efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. Ukrainian...
