Section: The Independent (The United Kingdom)
The Independent is a UK national daily newspaper. It was founded in 1986. Its
headquater is in London, UK. The owner of The Independent is Russian
businessman Alexander Lebedev. News about Ukraine are usually Additional
reporting by Associated Press, Reuters.
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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 crisis: Russia ‘guarantees’ Putin aid convoy will not be used for ‘direct invasion’
Russia has “guaranteed” that no military personnel are inside hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy waiting to enter Ukraine, as fears continued of a “direct invasion”. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russia ‘guarantees’ Putin aid convoy will not be used for ‘direct invasion’
Russia has “guaranteed” that no military personnel are inside hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy waiting to enter Ukraine, as fears continued of a “direct invasion”. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says Russian APCs destroyed after crossing border
Nato and Ukraine have said that Russian military vehicles did cross into Ukraine on Thursday night, while the Ukrainian President stated that most of them had been destroyed by his troops. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: ‘Russian armoured personnel carriers’ seen crossing into Ukraine as aid convoy row continues
A column of Russian armoured personnel carriers has reportedly been seen crossing into eastern Ukraine as a disputed aid convoy stopped short of the border. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russian convoy on the move as situation approaches potentially explosive endgame
There is a sense that the multiple strands of the six-month-old Ukraine conflict were fast converging in what threatened to become an explosive and highly destructive endgame. …read more Source: The...
World peace? These are the only 11 countries in the world that are actually free from conflict
With the crisis in Gaza, the rise of Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria and the international stand-off ongoing in Ukraine, it can sometimes feel like the whole world is at war. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russian ‘aid’ convoy heads straight for rebels in Luhansk as fears intensify of ‘direct invasion’
A Russian convoy carrying “humanitarian aid” has turned away from its route towards a confrontation with government officials at the Ukrainian border – and is now heading straight for rebel-held areas. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Humanitarian aid mission stalls over fears it will be used as pretext for Russian invasion
A Russian aid mission to eastern Ukraine – which Ukrainians feared was a pretext for a Russian invasion – is still stranded in western Russia. …read more Source: The...
