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Ukraine claims radio, phone calls prove rebels behind deadly attack
Jan25

Ukraine claims radio, phone calls prove rebels behind deadly attack

Intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people, President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday during an emergency meeting of his Security Council. …read more Source: CTV...

Obama ‘concerned’ about Ukraine violence, approach toward Russia won’t change
Jan25

Obama ‘concerned’ about Ukraine violence, approach toward Russia won’t change

NEW DELHI – President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation. Obama says he’ll keep trying to isolate Russia and he will examine options short of military conflict with Russia. Economic penalties...

Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
Jan25

Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30

Ukraine’s leader says intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded the southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people. …read more Source: CTV...

Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city
Jan25

Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city

Russia blocked a Western-backed UN Security Council statement Saturday that would have condemned indiscriminate shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol that killed about 30 civilians and injured more than 90. …read more Source: CTV...

Poroshenko: De-escalation is priority in east Ukraine
Jan25

Poroshenko: De-escalation is priority in east Ukraine

Ukrainian President stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk …read more Source: The Globe and...

Russia blocks U.N. statement on Ukraine as fighting escalates
Jan25

Russia blocks U.N. statement on Ukraine as fighting escalates

Russia prevented the U.N. Security Council on Saturday from criticizing statements by pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels and condemning an upsurge in violence that has claimed dozens of lives in Ukraine, council diplomats said …read more Source: The Globe and...

Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city of Mariupol
Jan25

Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city of Mariupol

KIEV, Ukraine — 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: Vancouver...

Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city of Mariupol
Jan25

Rockets kill 30 in Ukrainian city of Mariupol

By Peter Leonard KIEV, Ukraine — 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. The Ukrainian president called the blitz a terrorist attack and NATO and the U.S. demanded that Russia stop supporting the rebels....

Pro-Russian rebel rockets kill at least 30 in Mariupol
Jan24

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:...

Ukraine crisis: Rockets ‘kill at least 30’ in Mariupol
Jan24

Ukraine crisis: Rockets ‘kill at least 30’ in Mariupol

KIEV – Pro-Russian rebels launched an offensive against the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, prompting the European Union’s foreign policy chief to warn of a further “grave deterioration” in EU-Russian relations. …read more Source: The Toronto...