Section: International Business Times (USA)
Donetsk Sees Fresh Clashes, At Least 34 Killed, 29 Wounded
At least 34 people have been killed and 29 have been injured over the past 24 hours in clashes in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the regional administration of the city reportedly said Wednesday. The exact casualty figure was not clear because the administration had earlier reported that nine people were killed in clashes in a town near Donetsk but...
Fifteen Bodies Retrieved After Ukraine Convoy Attack: Military
(Reuters) – Fifteen bodies have so far been recovered from the site of Monday’s rocket strike on a refugee convoy of buses and cars in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman said on Tuesday. “By 7 p.m. last night we retrieved 15 bodies … The search continued into the night and is continuing today,” the spokesman,...
Russian Aid Convoy Awaits Inspection At Ukraine Border As ‘Difficult’ Truce Talks End In Berlin
Update as of 6:00 a.m. EDT: A Ukrainian convoy carrying refugees from the conflict-ridden region of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine was struck by rockets and mortars, allegedly fired by pro-Moscow rebels, BBC reported, citing Ukrainian military sources. The report added that though the news was yet to be independently confirmed, Ukrainian officials...
NATO Would Respond Militarily To Crimea-Style Infiltration: General
BERLIN (Reuters) – If Russia tries to infiltrate troops into a NATO country, even out of official military uniform as it did before it annexed Ukraine’s Crimea, NATO will respond militarily, the alliance’s to …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Crisis: Troops Take Police Station In Separatist-Controlled Luhansk
Ukrainian troops have taken possession of a police station within the city limits of Luhansk, which has been controlled by pro-Russian separatists for months, Reuters reported. Although Ukraine captured a key area of the city, its government said it has seen an increase in the number of trained fighters and military weapons coming from Russia....
Ukraine Fighter Jet Shot Down: Separatists Shoot Down Government MiG-29: Report
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine shot down a Ukrainian government MiG-29 fighter jet in the Luhansk region, according to a military spokesperson quoted by Reuters. The pilot of the jet ejected and parachuted out and was found, following a search, by Ukrainian forces, according to Agence France-Presse. …read more Source: International...
Ukraine: 1,200 Soldiers And 150 Armored Vehicles Joining Separatists After Russian Training
Pro-Russian separatists announced 1,200 troops and 150 vehicles including tanks trained in Russia will join their increasingly desperate fight against the Ukrainian military. Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko, who made the announcement in a video, did not specify the origins of the troops or weapons. …read more Source: International...
Russia Invades Ukraine? Kiev Says It ‘Destroys’ Russian Military Elements Inside Borders
Ukrainian forces say they “destroyed” part of what President Petro Poroshenko called a Russian military column late Thursday night, around when a Russian humanitarian aid mission crossed the border. Ukraine has yet to confirm what type of equipment was destroyed, but said its artillery destroyed “much of it” overnight. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Crisis: Rebel-Held Donetsk Shelled Amid Russia Aid Convoy Row
The rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk has been heavily shelled, with at least one person dead as a Russian humanitarian convoy nears the region. It was not immediately clear whether the shells were fired by pro-Russian separatists or Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source: International Business...
Igor Strelkov Quits: Leader Of Pro-Russian Separatists Steps Down In Ukraine
The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) defense minister and de facto leader Igor Strelkov quit his position Thursday amid rumors that he was severely wounded. Ukrainian officials accuse him of being the direct link between pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and the Russian government, although Russia denies any direct connection with...
