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    Rebels Promise To Push Kiev Forces Back
    Jan25

    Rebels Promise To Push Kiev Forces Back

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 23:37 (EEST) Section: The Daily Beast (USA)

    If Mariupol falls to Russian-backed rebels in Eastern Ukraine, the road to Russia’s dream of empire opens as well. …read more Source: The Daily...

    Duma Speaker Says Russian Court Must Decide Ukrainian Pilot’s Guilt
    Jan25

    Duma Speaker Says Russian Court Must Decide Ukrainian Pilot’s Guilt

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 23:08 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Russian Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin told reporters in Strasbourg that the decision whether to free detained Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko would be made by a Russian court …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    New Sanctions on Russia Threatened After Rebels Attack Mariupol
    Jan25

    New Sanctions on Russia Threatened After Rebels Attack Mariupol

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 22:52 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. President Barack Obama has blamed Russia for an attack by Ukrainian separatists that left dozens dead in the port of Mariupol and cast further doubt on the viability of last year’s cease-fire with the Kyiv government. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports from Washington. …read more Source: Voice of...

    Obama Promises Steps Against Russian-Backed ‘Aggression’ As Rebels Press Ukraine Offensive
    Jan25

    Obama Promises Steps Against Russian-Backed ‘Aggression’ As Rebels Press Ukraine Offensive

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 21:53 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow rebels, backed by what NATO says is the open participation of Russian troops, pressed on with their offensive on Sunday after restarting the war in eastern Ukraine with the first all-out assault since a truce five months ago. U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington was considering all options short of military...

    Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz
    Jan25

    Obama ramps up pressure on Russia after deadly Ukraine blitz

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 20:52 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Kiev (AFP) – US President Barack Obama vowed Sunday to ramp up pressure on Russia after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed Ukrainian rebels killed 30 and threatened to open new front in the war.Saturday’s assault on Mariupol — the main city standing between separatist territory near the Russian border and the Black Sea...

    Ukraine: Phone Calls Prove Rebels Attacked City, Killed 30
    Jan25

    Ukraine: Phone Calls Prove Rebels Attacked City, Killed 30

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 20:22 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s president said Sunday that intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russia-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded the southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people. The attack on Mariupol, a strategically situated port city that had been relatively quiet...

    Six Months of Pain and a Passport: MH17 Dad’s Anguish
    Jan25

    Six Months of Pain and a Passport: MH17 Dad’s Anguish

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 20:07 (EEST) Section: NBC (USA)

    Hans de Borst’s daughter Elsemiek, her half-brother, mother, and stepfather were all on board Flight MH17 when it crashed in Ukraine on July 17. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
    Jan25

    Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 18:37 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

    President Petro Poroshenko held an emergency meeting of his military officials and cut short a trip to Saudi Arabia. …read more Source: USA...

    Obama: ‘Ratchet up pressure on Russia’
    Jan25

    Obama: ‘Ratchet up pressure on Russia’

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 17:52 (EEST) Section: CNN (USA)

    The military option is out, President Barack Obama said Sunday, but the U.S. will be looking at all other options to “ratchet up the pressure on Russia” on the issue of Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Obama and India’s Modi Declare ‘Breakthrough’ on Nuclear Deal
    Jan25

    Obama and India’s Modi Declare ‘Breakthrough’ on Nuclear Deal

    Sunday, January 25 , 2015 - 17:37 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Seizing on their personal bond, President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday they had made progress on nuclear cooperation and climate change, with Obama declaring a “breakthrough understanding” in efforts to free U.S. investment in nuclear energy development in India. Obama and Modi expressed hope that a landmark...