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Ukraine rebel stronghold shelling kills 3
Feb05

Ukraine rebel stronghold shelling kills 3

At least three people were killed in shelling in Donetsk overnight, local officials said Thursday, as fierce fighting continues in rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...

U.S. And NATO Seek New Ways To Help Secure Ukraine’s Border
Feb05

U.S. And NATO Seek New Ways To Help Secure Ukraine’s Border

“Clearly what we see is that conditions in eastern Ukraine have to change,” NATO Commander Gen. Philip Breedlove tells NPR’s Renee Montagne.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

John Kerry visits Ukraine as U.S. considers sending weapons
Feb05

John Kerry visits Ukraine as U.S. considers sending weapons

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the embattled government as the Obama administration weighs sending arms to Kyiv to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CTV...

Mayday call issued just moments before deadly Taiwan plane crash
Feb05

Mayday call issued just moments before deadly Taiwan plane crash

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Moments before the TransAsia Airways propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, one of its pilots said, “Mayday, mayday, engine flameout,” according to a Taiwanese aviation official. “Engine flameout” refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the engine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the...

NATO to beef up response force on Russian actions in Ukraine
Feb05

NATO to beef up response force on Russian actions in Ukraine

NATO’s is set to more than double the size of its Response Force in response to Russian actions in Ukraine and the challenge of Islamic extremism, the head of the military alliance announced Thursday. …read more Source: Global...

John Kerry travels to Ukraine as U.S. considers sending weapons
Feb05

John Kerry travels to Ukraine as U.S. considers sending weapons

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the embattled government as the Obama administration weighs sending arms to Kiev to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source:...

Kerry in Kiev amid calls to arm Ukraine
Feb05

Kerry in Kiev amid calls to arm Ukraine

NATO says Russia has sent weapons, funds and troops on the ground to assist the rebel advance …read more Source: The Globe and...

Ukraine crisis: Nato to bolster Eastern Europe against Russia
Feb05

Ukraine crisis: Nato to bolster Eastern Europe against Russia

Nato is set to announce details of a plan to bolster the alliance’s military presence in Eastern Europe in response to continued fighting in Ukraine. The bloc’s chief says it will be the biggest reinforcement of its collective defence since the end of the Cold War. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry is to hold talks in Kiev...

Kerry in Ukraine as U.S. weighs sending arms to help fight Russian-backed separatists
Feb05

Kerry in Ukraine as U.S. weighs sending arms to help fight Russian-backed separatists

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the embattled government as the Obama administration weighs sending arms to Kyiv to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: Global...

Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east in past 24 hours, military says
Feb05

Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed in east in past 24 hours, military says

The fresh casualties were announced as separatists continued attacks on a key rail hub northeast of the big city of Donetsk …read more Source: The Globe and...