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Fighting intensifies in Ukraine ahead of peace talks
The intense fighting comes ahead of a crucial summit involving Western leaders on Wednesday, as well as peace talks later Tuesday. …read more Source: USA...
Life under shelling in eastern Ukraine: a battle to survive
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — At the Trudovskoi bus station in Donetsk, the gossip these days focuses on whose house has been hit by shelling and where you can get food handouts. …read more Source: U.S....
Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine; both sides prepare for peace talks
Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances and the government accusing the rebels of shelling a town far behind the front lines. …read more Source: CTV...
Poland will not send lethal weapons to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland – Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak says Poland will not send lethal weapons to Ukraine but says there is little optimism in the west about the outcome of peace negotiations. In interviews for Polish media Tuesday, Siemoniak said Poland has supplied the military in neighbouring Ukraine with some 17 million zlotys (4 million euros,...
Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine ahead of peace talks
SARTANA, Ukraine – Fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified on Tuesday ahead of much-anticipated peace talks, with both sides claiming significant advances and the government accusing the rebels of shelling a town far behind the front lines. The intense fighting, which the U.N. says has killed more than 5,300 people since April, comes ahead of a...
Life under shelling in eastern Ukraine: a battle to survive
Day and night, mortars and rockets rain down on the rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine — mainly in the city’s outlying districts, where the poorest people live. Able-bodied people have no work and retirees have no pensions, since the government in Kiev has stopped paying pensions in rebel-held areas. There is nothing to do, said Banina,...
Rebels Make New Push In Ukraine On The Eve Of Peace Talks
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gleb Garanich VUHLEHIRSK/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Rebel fighters made a push on Tuesday to cut off a government-held road and rail junction in east Ukraine, vowing on the eve of peace talks that they would not cease fire until they had achieved their aim of taking more territory. Some 30 miles (50...
Kiev, rebels both claim gains on eve of Ukraine peace talks
Russia-backed rebels say they have surrounded a key transportation hub, while government forces have opened a new front near the port of Mariupol. …read more Source: Christian Science...
Life under shelling in eastern Ukraine: a battle to survive
Day and night, mortars and rockets rain down on the rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine – mainly in the city’s outlying districts, where the poorest people live.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine ahead of peace talks
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