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6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city
Sep15

6 killed, 15 wounded in east Ukraine city

6 killed, 15 wounded in worst fighting since Ukraine cease-fire began; 146 combatants freed …read more Source:...

Renewed Fighting Threatens Truce In Eastern Ukraine
Sep15

Renewed Fighting Threatens Truce In Eastern Ukraine

Pro-Russia separatists who control the city of Donetsk appear to have launched a push to take the city’s airport, still defended by Kiev’s forces.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Donetsk, Ukraine, city council reports worst fighting since ceasefire
Sep15

Donetsk, Ukraine, city council reports worst fighting since ceasefire

Shelling killed six people and wounded 15 others in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, the city council said Monday — the worst reported violence since a ceasefire between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian troops took effect on Sept. 5. …read more Source: CTV...

OSCE team in east Ukraine comes close to shell-bursts as fighting heats up despite ceasefire
Sep15

OSCE team in east Ukraine comes close to shell-bursts as fighting heats up despite ceasefire

The OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine said the incident came while the group was in the rebel-held city of Donetsk …read more Source: The Globe and...

Russia creates emergency fund to deal with Western sanctions
Sep15

Russia creates emergency fund to deal with Western sanctions

Russia’s Finance Ministry will create a multi-billion dollar anti-crisis fund in 2015 to aid those companies hit by sanctions, Russian news agencies cited Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying on Monday. …read more Source:...

Ukraine’s quest for NATO membership will take some time
Sep15

Ukraine’s quest for NATO membership will take some time

By David Pugliese Defence Watch Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk, says his country will request that it be allowed to join NATO. If Ukraine were part of NATO at the time of the Russian military action, alliance nations including Canada would have been obliged to come to its aid in fighting off Russian forces that had entered the...

The painful secrecy of Russia’s war in Ukraine
Sep15

The painful secrecy of Russia’s war in Ukraine

For months, Moscow has denied its army is involved in the conflict, but as the corpses return home, people are starting to ask questions …read more Source: The Globe and...

Tensions In Ukraine Increase As Cease-Fire Appears To Have Dissolved
Sep15

Tensions In Ukraine Increase As Cease-Fire Appears To Have Dissolved

A week-old ceasefire in eastern Ukraine has all but broken down. Shelling that was previously constrained to the airport in Donetsk reached the city over the weekend.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Shelling in eastern Ukraine challenges ceasefire deal
Sep14

Shelling in eastern Ukraine challenges ceasefire deal

Several residential neighbourhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperilling a fragile ceasefire agreement imposed last week. …read more Source:...

Shelling In Donetsk Rocks Cease-Fire In Ukraine
Sep14

Shelling In Donetsk Rocks Cease-Fire In Ukraine

The cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is being tested Sunday, with intense fighting reported near the airport in Donetsk Saturday and Sunday. An NPR team in that city was forced to flee the shelling.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...