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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...
Grave of Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera vandalized in Germany
MUNICH (Reuters) – The grave of Stepan Bandera, a leader of Ukrainian fighters who fought both Nazi and Soviet forces during World War Two and after, was vandalized in a German cemetery overnight, police said on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine army pushes into rebel stronghold of Luhansk
Government says state flag raised over police station in separatist-held city, as foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany meet in Berlin to discuss crisis …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Kiev moves on last rebel stronghold
Ukrainian forces have advanced into one of the last remaining separatist strongholds in a significant breakthrough in the civil war. At the same time, they lost yet another warplane to a missile strike and a rebel commander declared that reinforcements of 1,200 new fighters are joining from Russia along with armour and artillery to continue the...
How peaches and propaganda are helping to shape the new world order | Paul Mason
Trade sanctions are just the latest weapon in the diplomatic wars threatening global stabilityItaly is back in recession and approaching deflation; Germany’s economy has shrunk and France stagnates. In Britain, we have a record number of jobs but plummeting real wages. Only the US which borrowed massively, restructured its banks and printed...
Europes lack of growth could lead to Japanese-style stagnation | Adam Tooze
The punishing austerity Germany demanded for rescuing the eurozone is creating a vicious cycle in which no one winsAngela Merkels summer could hardly have started better: the world cup win; the eurozone crisis contained; Germanys federal budget heading into surplus; her personal popularity at unassailable highs.Six weeks later, as Europe returns...
Ukraine claims breakthrough in east
Kiev says troops have advanced into Lugansk as talks resume as diplomatic efforts to prevent a further escalation of the conflict gathered pace …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel stronghold
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have raised their national flag over a police station in the city of Luhansk which was for months under rebel control, Kiev said on Sunday, in what could be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s efforts to crush pro-Moscow separatists. …read more Source:...
Russian and Ukrainian ministers hold talks as conflict escalates
Fighting is continuing across eastern Ukraine as the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine meet in Berlin today to try… …read more Source: The...
