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Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian rebels prepare for new counter-offensive
Pro-Russian rebels are planning a major counter-offensive against Ukrainian government forces after they receive tanks, armoured vehicles and other military equipment and an influx of troops trained in Russia, a separatist leader said in a video released yesterday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: ‘We are getting tanks and reinforcements from Russia,’ says separatist leader
Ukrainian rebels are receiving new armoured vehicles and fighters trained in Russia, with which they plan to counter-attack against government forces, a separatist leader said in a video released on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine begins test imports of Slovakian gas
Ukraine has begun test imports of gas from Slovakia, it was announced on Saturday, as the country tries to reduce… …read more Source: The...
Glasgow’s offer of sanctuary gives the rest of Scotland a lesson in compassion | Kevin McKenna
The first city in the world to stand beside Nelson Mandela has long opened its doors to victims of the world’s worst conflictsRunning alongside the contrived culture of Edinburgh in August is Just Festival. To quote directly from its programme of events: “Just Festival celebrates that peace is not only an absence of conflict; it is a...
Kiev And Moscow Agree On Ukraine Aid Convoy
Kiev and Moscow have reached agreement on the passage of a Russian aid convoy into eastern Ukraine, according to the Red Cross. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine rebel says he has 1,200 fighters ‘trained in Russia’ under his command
Prime minister of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic posts speech to YouTube saying they have 30 tanksOne of the top rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine claims that his forces have recently received 1,200 fighters who had undergone training in Russia. The claim came during a speech to leading rebels, apparently recorded on Friday and...
Ukraine rebel leader boasts of Russian military aid
Claims of Russian military backing support Kiev’s claim that Moscow is waging a proxy war by orchestrating the separatist rebellion then providing arms …read more Source: Financial...
VIDEO: ‘Military activity’ near aid convoy
There has been an increased level of military activity in the area near where a controversial humanitarian aid convoy from Russia is stalled on the Russian side of the Ukrainian border. …read more Source:...
French politician defends plan for Crimean theme park
A French eurosceptic politician says EU sanctions will not stop him building a theme park in Crimea and another near Moscow in partnership with a blacklisted Russian oligarch …read more Source: The...
Rebel leader in Ukraine says forces bolstered by ‘1,200 troops trained in Russia’
Speech by Alexander Zakharchenko fuels controversy over Moscow’s support to the separatists …read more Source: The...
