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Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs at a rebel-held border post
Parts of eastern Ukraine were wracked by fierce fighting Thursday as government troops sought to snatch back territory from separatist rebels, while a Russian aid convoy to the hard-hit city of Luhansk began to make tentative steps toward its destination. …read more Source:...
5 Ukrainian troops, 2 civilians killed as fierce battles reported
Five troops were killed and two civilians died in the past 24 hours in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine as government troops pressed to recapture more territory from pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian government troops make major gains
Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday — battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. …read more Source:...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43
Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday — battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. …read more Source:...
Fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region kills 34
Fighting in Ukraine’s mostly rebel-held region of Donetsk has killed 34 local residents and wounded 29 others in the past 24 hours, authorities said Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian government troops inch closer to rebel city
The Ukrainian government has captured most of a town near Donetsk, tightening the noose around the key rebel-held stronghold, officials say. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: 15 bodies recovered from refugee convoy attack
Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of attacking refugee bus convoy
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, but the separatists denied responsibility. …read more Source:...
Ukraine claims rebels fire on civilian convoy
Ukraine claimed Monday that rebels in the east of the country fired rockets and mortars on civilians trying to flee from the region’s intense fighting. …read more Source:...
Russia says humanitarian aid can soon enter Ukraine
Russia on Monday said all issues related to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but said no progress has been made in talks toward a ceasefire or political solution to the fighting in the east of the country. …read more Source:...
