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LONDON (AP) — The aftershocks of Greece’s national election reverberated worldwide last week, as markets and creditors grappled with a new Greek government that insists the country’s bailout deal must be overhauled. Survivors, family members and officials attended a remembrance ceremony at the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland....
Death toll mounts in east Ukraine as US mulls arming Kiev
Kiev (AFP) – Fears grew Tuesday of an escalation in the mounting bloodshed in east Ukraine as the United States mulled arming Kiev and pro-Russian rebels ordered a mass mobilisation. At least 16 civilians and five government troops were killed over the past 24 hours in fierce clashes across the conflict zone, government and pro-Russian...
UN criticizes forces in Ukraine for targeting schools, hospitals
The United Nations on Tuesday sharply criticized both the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian rebels for turning bus stops, schools, markets and hospitals into battlegrounds where civilians are getting killed. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine rebel leader uses anti-Semitic slur to describe country’s leaders
(JTA) — The leader of Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels used an anti-Semitic insult to describe the country’s political leaders. Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, during a news conference on Monday called the country’s leaders “miserable representatives of the great Jewish people.” “I...
Russians To Enter Ukraine With Travel Passports Only
Russian citizens will need passports to enter Ukraine as of March 1, a change that reflects severe tension between the neighbors amid an armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
As Fighting Rages, Ukrainian Civilians Grow Desperate
The town of Debaltseve has been caught in the crossfire between Ukrainian military forces and separatist fighters for more than two weeks. Many residents have fled, and those who remain are struggling to survive as food supplies dwindle and the fighting draws closer. (Produced by Zinaida Burskaya for RFE/RL’s Current Time program)...
UN criticizes escalation in Ukraine fighting, raises toll to 5,358
The United Nations on Tuesday sharply criticized both the Ukrainian government and the pro-Russian rebels for turning bus stops, schools, markets and hospitals into battlegrounds where civilians are getting killed. …read more Source: CTV...
UN Criticizes Civilian Deaths In Ukraine Fighting
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Indiscriminate shelling and the escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine have killed at least 224 civilians in the past three weeks alone, the United Nations said Tuesday as it raised the overall death toll to more than 5,350 people. “Bus stops and public transport, marketplaces, schools and kindergartens,...
United Nations criticizes Ukraine fighting tactics as death toll rises
Indiscriminate shelling and the escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine have killed at least 224 civilians in the past three weeks alone, the United Nations said Tuesday as it raised the overall death toll to more than 5,350 people. …read more Source:...
Escalation in Ukraine fighting raises death toll over 5,350
Indiscriminate shelling and the escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine have killed at least 224 civilians in the past three weeks alone, the United Nations said Tuesday as it raised the overall death toll to more than 5,350 people. …read more Source: Global...
