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Ukraine Says Russian Military Vehicles Have Crossed Border
Aug25

Ukraine Says Russian Military Vehicles Have Crossed Border

One Ukrainian military commander told the BBC that pro-Russian rebels may be trying to open a new front in the conflict.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Ukraine accuses Russia of sending troops disguised as rebels across border
Aug25

Ukraine accuses Russia of sending troops disguised as rebels across border

Ukrainian government forces engaged with a separatist armored column near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk …read more Source: The Globe and...

Russian tanks crossed border, says Ukraine
Aug25

Russian tanks crossed border, says Ukraine

A column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles has crossed into southeastern Ukraine, away from the intense fighting. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine claims Russian tanks incursion; Moscow plans 2nd aid convoy
Aug25

Ukraine claims Russian tanks incursion; Moscow plans 2nd aid convoy

A Ukrainian official says a column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles has crossed into the country in the far southeast, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place. …read more Source: CTV...

Russia to send 2nd aid convoy to Ukraine
Aug25

Russia to send 2nd aid convoy to Ukraine

Russia announced plans Monday to send a second aid convoy into rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many residential buildings in ruins. …read more Source: CTV...

Russia pledges to send second aid convoy into eastern Ukraine
Aug25

Russia pledges to send second aid convoy into eastern Ukraine

Russia wants to send a second humanitarian aid convoy to eastern Ukraine in the near future, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday despite widespread condemnation of the last such mission from Kyiv and the West. …read more Source:...

Ukraine President pledges $3 billion boost to defence at independence parade
Aug25

Ukraine President pledges $3 billion boost to defence at independence parade

President Petro Poroshenko pledged to spend an extra 40 billion hryvnia ($3 billion) by 2017 during a speech marking Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 …read more Source: The Globe and...

Pro-Russia rebels parade captured soldiers through the streets on Ukraine’s independence day
Aug25

Pro-Russia rebels parade captured soldiers through the streets on Ukraine’s independence day

Bystanders hurled eggs and bottles at captured Ukrainian soldiers in Donetsk while Ukraine marked its 23rd year of independence from the Soviet Union. …read more Source: Toronto...

Ukraine’s independence day marked by rival shows of force
Aug24

Ukraine’s independence day marked by rival shows of force

Ukraine’s president announced plans Sunday to boost his country’s defence spending by an estimated 50 per cent as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source:...

Ukraine independence day: Rival demonstrations in Kyiv, Donetsk
Aug24

Ukraine independence day: Rival demonstrations in Kyiv, Donetsk

As armoured vehicles rumbled through downtown Kyiv in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded prisoners of war down the streets of Donetsk and displayed wreckage of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. …read more Source: CTV...