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Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Friday rejected a previously signed peace deal and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, defying diplomatic efforts to end the spiraling crisis. The main separatist leader in the Donetsk region said the insurgents won’t engage...
The 29 Most Miserable Countries In The World
Venezuela, is again, the most miserable nation in the world, according to new analysis published by the Cato Institute. Cato’s Misery Index ranks 108 countries based on data from the Economist Intelligence Unit and calculations from Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Hanke factors in the...
No more ceasefires with Ukraine, says pro-Russia rebel leader
DONETSK, Ukraine –- Denis, a factory worker in his 30s who owns an apartment in the outlying Kirovsky district of this rebel stronghold, was made homeless this week when a shell exploded outside his apartment, blasting holes through its walls and shattering the windows. “It’s too dangerous,” he said as he packed what belongings could fit...
Ukrainian Separatists Reportedly Abandon Peace Talks
The rebels are reported to have seized control of the Donetsk Airport days after the Kiev government had declared it had taken the destroyed facility.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have rejected a previously signed peace deal and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Ukraine rebels announce new offensive, rule out cease-fire
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have rejected a previously signed peace deal and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: CTV...
Satellite, Drone Images Show Obliteration of Donetsk Airport
Satellite and drone images in a new video show the complete destruction of the Donetsk International Airport in Ukraine, a scene of intense clashes between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. Matthew Schroyer, founder of the Professional Society of Drone Journalists, posted the video, which provides visual evidence of the demolition of...
Poisoned KGB Agent Said Putin Has A ‘Good Relationship’ With One Of The World’s Top Mobsters
Before his death by poisoning, ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, recorded a tape. In it, he claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “good relationship” with one of the most notorious mobsters in the world, a Ukrainian man named Semion Mogilevich. The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that Mogilevich, one of the top 10...
Auschwitz Ceremony Lays Bare Russian Tension With Europe
A claim by the Ukrainian president’s administration that it was mostly Ukrainians who liberated Auschwitz and Europe threatens to deepen a rift that reflects current animosity and deep historic tension between Moscow and its Soviet-era subjects. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
