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Russia-backed rebels capture key city in devastating blow to Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine has withdrawn most of its military forces from the eastern flashpoint town of Debaltseve after Russia-backed separatists, who reportedly took hundreds of soldiers captive, seized control of the key railway junction, dealing yet another crushing blow to Kiev. See also: Left to die: The people trapped in...
The reality of Ukraine cease-fire: An explosion every few seconds
HORLIVKA, Ukraine — Yuri was on the phone with his mother when the explosion from the shell blew off both his legs. “There was this flash and suddenly I just didn’t understand anything,” he said, lying in bed at Horlivka Hospital Two, wincing from pain as there is no access to proper painkillers. See also: The ‘tough as...
Russia-backed rebels claim to capture key Ukraine rail hub
LUHANSKE, Ukraine — Russia-backed separatists say they have gained control of a key rail hub in eastern Ukraine. The Donetsk News Agency, a rebel mouthpiece, quoted the rebels’ so-called defense ministry as saying Tuesday that their forces have pushed government troops out of Debaltseve and are now controlling a large part of it. Fierce...
Warring sides trade accusations of new attacks, threatening Ukraine truce
KIEV, Ukraine — The heavy artillery fire that has ripped apart eastern Ukraine over the past 10 months and killed over 5,400 people fell almost silent early Sunday as a tenuous new cease-fire hammered out earlier this week in Minsk, Belarus came into effect at the stroke of midnight. See also: Ukraine cease-fire: Key points of the new truce But...
Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’: The helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia
KIEV, Ukraine — An “all-for-all” exchange of prisoners that Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists agreed to in Minsk as part of a renewed cease-fire accord raised hopes that a famed military pilot imprisoned in Moscow would soon be freed. Nadiya Savchenko, 34, is being tried in Moscow for her alleged complicity in the deaths of two...
Ash Carter confirmed as new U.S. defense secretary
The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice to run the Pentagon, handing Ash Carter the unenviable task of steering the military as the United States confronts Islamic State militants, conflict in Ukraine and other worldwide threats. The vote in the Republican-controlled Senate was 93-5. Carter will replace Chuck Hagel,...
Battered Ukraine airport is the war prize everyone wants
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Ukraine cease-fire: Key points of the new truce
KIEV, Ukraine — After 16 hours of intense negotiations in Minsk, Belarus, the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, along with their German and French counterparts, renewed a fragile truce on Wednesday to bring an end to the conflict that has killed more than 5,300 people during the past 10 months in eastern Ukraine. See also: Russia and Ukraine agree...
Putin, Poroshenko agree to cease-fire in Ukraine after surge in violence
KIEV, Ukraine — It was a high-stakes, multi-act roller coaster of a drama played out on Internet live streams and social media. It took more than half of a day of intense wrangling, but Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, as well as pro-Russian separatist leaders, agreed in the Belarusian capital of Minsk on...
Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko tensely talk peace
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met in the Belarussian capital of Minsk on Wednesday totalk peace, although the day was not without its awkward moments The men made another attempt to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine that has gripped the country for months. The Minsk talks got underway in a room...
