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    Ukraine ceasefire falters out of the starting gate
    Feb02

    Ukraine ceasefire falters out of the starting gate

    Peace talks aimed at brokering a Ukrainian ceasefire broke down before they even began, The FT reports. …read more Source:...

    Recent Developments in the Ukraine Conflict
    Feb01

    Recent Developments in the Ukraine Conflict

    Video Transcript Paul Floyd: Hi my name is Paul Floyd a military analyst here at Stratfor and today I’m joined by Sim Tack, another military analyst, and today we’ll be discussing the Ukrainian cease-fire and what has been happening recently in that country. So Sim, technically we’re in a cease-fire, but there have been almost...

    Poland’s Geographic Challenge
    Feb01

    Poland’s Geographic Challenge

    Video Transcript Poland sits at the crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe. Located on the Northern European Plain, the country has a largely flat terrain with few geographic barriers — with the exception of the Baltic Sea to the north and the Carpathian Mountains in the extreme south. From the 15th to the 18th century, Poland was among the...

    Wake Up Europe, Ukraine Can’t Wait Any Longer for Your Help
    Feb01

    Wake Up Europe, Ukraine Can’t Wait Any Longer for Your Help

    As is so often the case, the seemingly intractable conflict in Ukraine has largely fallen out of the headlines in recent months. It failed to reward continued media attention with concrete developments and with so much going on elsewhere, this was perhaps predictable. But more worryingly, Ukraine seems to warrant less and less political attention...

    Ukraine fighting intensifies after talks fail to reach truce accord
    Feb01

    Ukraine fighting intensifies after talks fail to reach truce accord

    Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, one day after representatives of the government and pro-Russia separatists failed to reach a truce at a meeting brokered by Russian and international mediators. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Fierce fighting rages for key Ukraine town
    Feb01

    Fierce fighting rages for key Ukraine town

    Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – Battles raged Sunday between government forces and pro-Russian rebels for control of a strategic transport hub as the death toll mounted in east Ukraine following the collapse of ceasefire talks. Intense artillery fire thundered around the Kiev-controlled town of Debaltseve, a key position between the rebel...

    Ukraine Negotiations: European Leaders Demand ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ After Failed Talks
    Feb01

    Ukraine Negotiations: European Leaders Demand ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ After Failed Talks

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko demanded Sunday “an immediate ceasefire” in war-torn eastern Ukraine, where truce talks have failed and deadly fighting has worsened by the day, Agence France-Presse reported. …read more Source: International Business...

    Shelling Hits Ukrainian Building Key to Cease-Fire Mission
    Feb01

    Shelling Hits Ukrainian Building Key to Cease-Fire Mission

    Artillery fire in the government-held city of Debaltseve hit the building where Ukrainian and Russian military officers until recently had been working together to oversee a cease-fire in the conflict. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Death Toll Rises in Ukraine’s East
    Feb01

    Death Toll Rises in Ukraine’s East

    Bloodshed is back in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. As peace talks collapse the death toll rises in the east with authorities saying at least 10 civilians and more than a dozen government solders have been killed. One resident says she saw a man running from the attack when a shell landed in front of him. …read more Source: The...

    Ukraine: 13 troops killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels
    Feb01

    Ukraine: 13 troops killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed separatists kept up their assault Sunday on a railway hub in eastern Ukraine, the fiercest battle in fighting that the government said has killed 13 of its troops and wounded 20 others over the last day. The separatists attacked several villages around the town of Debaltseve, a rail link between the two rebel...