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Auschwitz survivors mark 70th anniversary of camp’s liberation
Around 300 survivors of the Auschwitz death camp gathered Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, joined by world leaders for a commemoration held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. …read more Source:...
Russia defiant after more threats from West over Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that rocket shelling over the weekend in the city of Mariupol, which left at least 30 people dead, was a tragedy that was being manipulated to “whip up anti-Russian hysteria” in the West. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebel rockets kill at least 30 in Mariupol
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebel rockets kill 29 in Ukrainian city
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, two schools, homes and shops Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 29 people, authorities said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine shelling kills 21 during rebel offensive in Mariupol
Rockets fired slammed into a market, schools and homes Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, killing at least 21 people, authorities said. …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine shelling kills 10 at open-air market
A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire Saturday morning, killing at least 10 people, regional police said. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive
Pro-Russian rebels in Eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, defying diplomatic efforts to end the spiralling crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists vow to take more territory, rule out new ceasefire
Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, has ruled out any new ceasefire proposals and said advances by rebel forces will continue. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists say 24 fighters killed in Donetsk airport rocket attack
Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Russia, Ukraine exchange blame for fresh civilian casualties
At least eight civilians were killed on Thursday when a shell or mortar hit a public transport stop in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, regional officials and eyewitnesses say. …read more Source:...
