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Troubled Ukraine Marks Year Since Protest Bloodbath in Kiev
A year after the sniper bloodbath on Kiev’s Maidan square, troubled Ukraine mourns the victims …read more Source: ABC...
France, Germany hold out sanctions if Ukraine accords break
PARIS (AP) — France and Germany held out the possibility on Friday of sanctions if the Minsk accords to stabilize Ukraine are not… …read more Source:...
Troubled Ukraine marks year since protest bloodbath in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One year ago, Ihor Zastavnyi was shot three times and lost a leg while taking part in demonstrations that he hoped would lead… …read more Source:...
Troubled Ukraine marks year since protest bloodbath in Kiev
Today he faces a country that is racked by war, struggling with corruption and pleading to the world for financial help while still stinging from Russia’s annexation Crimea. “When a person wants to give everything and devote himself to something, as did the Heavenly Hundred, it can’t be for nothing,” he said, referring to...
‘Time Running Out’ for Hunger Striking Ukrainian MP Held by Russia
“Her condition is immediate release from unlawful imprisonment, or death”, say Nadiya Savchenko’s lawyers. …read more Source:...
A year after the sniper bloodbath on Kiev’s Maidan square, troubled Ukraine mourns the victims
One year ago, Ihor Zastavnyi was shot three times and lost a leg while taking part in demonstrations that he hoped would lead to a better Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Troubled Ukraine marks year since protest bloodbath in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One year ago, Ihor Zastavnyi was shot three times and lost a leg while taking part in demonstrations that he hoped would lead to a better Ukraine. Today he faces a country that is racked by war, struggling with corruption and pleading to the world for financial help while still stinging from Russia’s annexation...
After rebels take Ukraine town, cease-fire hopes fade
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, Feb. 20 (UPI) — Russian military equipment was seen crossing into Ukraine, after a decisive victory by separatist troops and more hope from diplomats that a truce would hold. …read more Source: United Press...
One Year On, What Became Of The #SOSVenezuela Protest Movement?
In March 2014, a small, oil-rich nation appeared to be teetering on the brink of revolution. Protesters built barricades and set them ablaze. Pro-government gangs provoked street battles, and the government sent in tanks to quell the unrest. At least 43 people were killed. Meanwhile, peaceful, student-led anti-government demonstrators marched...
‘They Would Have Turned Us Into Ground Meat’
Ukrainian government troops say they came under heavy fire in recent days as they retreated from the town of Debaltseve, now under the control of pro-Russian separatists. On February 19, some soldiers said that they did not receive the strategic support they were promised. The troops are now digging trenches outside the town of Artemivsk and are...
