Section: International Business Times (USA)
Fifteen Killed By Rebel Shelling In East Ukraine’s Mariupol: Interior Ministry
(Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed in shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, Ukraine’s interior ministry said, an attack Kiev blamed on separatist rebels and the Russian military. A witness described the shelling to Reuters as enough to knock the paint off his house. …read more Source:...
Rocket Attacks In Ukraine’s Mariupol Kills At Least 10, Pro-Russian Rebels Deny Responsibility
A rocket attack Saturday in the coastal Ukrainian city of Mariupol killed at least 10 people, reports said, citing local police officials. However, the administration at Mariupol, which is controlled by Kiev forces fighting the pro-Russian rebels, said that only three people died though many were injured. …read more Source: International...
Russia Bans 5 Ukrainian Nationalist Organizations In Its Territory
The Russian Ministry of Justice announced Friday that the government has added five Ukrainian nationalist organizations to the list of non-profit organizations, whose activities are prohibited in Russia. …read more Source: International Business...
Pro-Russian Rebels Commence Russia-Backed Offensive On Donetsk
Any hopes of salvaging September’s ceasefire in East Ukraine looked to have disappeared Friday as pro-Russian separatists mounted a major offensive on Ukrainian Army-held positions in Donetsk. Early indications from NATO suggest that the offensive is being backed by Russia; heavy weapons had been seen crossing the border from Russia to...
Ukraine Crisis Update: Rebels Reject Ceasefire, Go On Offensive
Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have rebuffed a ceasefire plan proposed by Ukrainian and Russian negotiators and will press forward with an offensive, a rebel leader said Friday. Rebel fighters just one day earlier pushed Ukrainian forces back from Donetsk’s airport, which was the scene of brutal combat between both sides this week....
Ukraine Army Retreats From Destroyed Donetsk Airport, Soldiers Captured
After months of defending Donetsk International Airport from pro-Russian separatist attacks, the Ukrainian government confirmed Thursday that the army has retreated from the now-destroyed main terminal. However, acting speaker of the General Staff of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov said that some of the buildings inside the airport remain “under the...
US Military To Conduct Exercises With Ukrainian Troops In Spring, Says Top US General
The United States military will conduct joint exercises with Ukrainian forces in the spring, said Lt. General Frederick Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe, who was part of a U.S. military delegation visiting Kiev this week. Ukrainian servicemen will be trained among other things in how to set up communications posts and defend against Russian...
Ukrainian Forces, Rebels Continue Fighting At Remote Border Post Near Luhansk Amid Ceasefire Call
Battle between Ukrainian military and the pro-Russian separatists continued on Wednesday at a remote border checkpoint near Luhansk, which Ukraine claimed was confiscated by Russian forces on Monday, according to a spokesperson for Kiev. …read more Source: International Business...
Poroshenko At World Economic Forum: Russia Promotes Violence So World Gets ‘Ukraine Fatigue’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko passionately criticized Russia at the “Future of Ukraine” event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, demanding its military stop supplying pro-Russian rebels and pull entirely out of Ukraine per the Minsk agreement to end the escalating violence in the east of the...
Russia To Call For Ceasefire At Four-Nation Talks As Ukraine Claims Russian Troops Attacked Its Forces
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he would call for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine during talks with his counterparts from Ukraine, France and Germany, in Berlin on Wednesday. Lavrov’s statement follows Ukraine’s claim on Tuesday that Russian troops had attacked its forces in the country’s east where...
