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Ukraine’s President Vows to Resume Coal Supply from East
Ukraine’s president on Thursday pledged to resume coal supplies from separatist-controlled parts of the country after it was blocked by volunteer battalions, threatening to disrupt the country’s power supply.Fighting in Ukraine’s industrial east between government troops… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Author Seized in Belarus, Ordered to Leave
A noted Ukrainian poet and novelist says he was seized by security agents in the middle of the night while visiting the capital of Belarus and ordered to leave the country.In a posting on a social media website, Serhiy Zhadan said Saturday that police confronted him in his… …read more Source:...
EU Envoys Back Keeping Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
The European Union’s top diplomats vowed Monday to uphold sanctions against Russia for destabilizing conflict-torn Ukraine, despite confusion over how U.S. President Donald Trump plans to manage his relations with Moscow.Determined to wait no longer for a clear message from… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: 2 Soldiers Wounded but Fighting Declines
Ukraine’s military says two soldiers were wounded in fighting with rebels in the separatist east, but that artillery attacks were significantly lower after a week in which fighting surged.The rebels’ command on Sunday reported scores of mortar and tank firings by government… …read more Source:...
Rebels in Ukraine Say Commander Is Killed in a Car Bombing
A top rebel commander in eastern Ukraine was killed when his automobile exploded, along with another person, rebels said Saturday, blaming Ukraine’s special services for the blast.Ukraine’s military, meanwhile said three soldiers were killed in shelling over the past… …read more Source:...
Monument to WWII Massacre of Poles Ransacked in Ukraine
A monument to the victims of a World War II massacre in a western Ukrainian village has been destroyed by vandals, local police said on Tuesday.National Police in the Lviv region said in a statement that vandals destroyed a stone cross in Huta Penyatska that commemorated… …read more Source:...
Russia: Ukraine’s Ban on Military Exports Not a Big Problem
A senior Russian military official says domestic industries have learned to produce engines and other parts previously imported from Ukraine.Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said in a Tuesday interview with online Gazeta.ru that the lack of supplies from Ukraine hasn’t… …read more Source:...
The Latest: Putin: Stick with Existing Talks on Ukraine
The Latest on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s end-of-year press conference (all times local):2:35 p.m.Russian President Vladimir Putin says that peace talks sponsored by France and Germany should remain the basis for efforts to settle the conflict in eastern Ukraine.A… …read more Source:...
Report: Russians Regularly Shelled Eastern Ukraine in 2014
Russian howitzers and rocket launchers regularly pounded Ukrainian positions across the border in the early stages of the war in eastern Ukraine, according to an analysis of hundreds of attack sites published Wednesday by the open source investigative group Bellingcat.The… …read more Source:...
Stolen Paintings Recovered in Ukraine Return to Verona
Italy’s culture minister has traveled to Kiev to recover 17 paintings – including works by Tintoretto, Rubens and Mantegna – that were stolen from a Verona museum and recovered by Ukrainian law enforcement more than seven months ago.Culture ministry video shows the works… …read more Source:...
