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    As shells fall on Ukraine, talks planned
    Aug20

    As shells fall on Ukraine, talks planned

    As the Kremlin announced plans for Putin to meet with Ukrainian leaders, shells hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. …read more Source:...

    Crimean egg dispute threatens to boil over into London
    Aug20

    Crimean egg dispute threatens to boil over into London

    The Ukraine-Russia dispute has caused consternation for many of the region’s oligarchs already – but a Ukrainian egg tycoon may be the first to crack. …read more Source:...

    Dutch Review Energy Ties With Russia After MH17 Crash
    Aug20

    Dutch Review Energy Ties With Russia After MH17 Crash

    The Netherlands is reviewing its extensive energy ties with Russia after the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine a month ago in an attack that killed nearly 200 Dutch nationals, officials and analysts said. Successive Dutch governments boosted political and economic ties with Russia, which has become a leading fuel...

    German Chancellor Merkel to Visit Ukraine on Saturday
    Aug20

    German Chancellor Merkel to Visit Ukraine on Saturday

    BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Kiev on Saturday and meet with top officials, making her first visit to Ukraine since the crisis there erupted. Merkel is making the visit at Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s invitation and also will meet with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said...

    Refugees Seek Shelter in Russia as Ukraine Forces Tighten Grip on Rebels
    Aug19

    Refugees Seek Shelter in Russia as Ukraine Forces Tighten Grip on Rebels

    The central market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhanks…on fire after government shelling. Near the other rebel-held city of Donetsk, in Makiiva, a courthouse burns after shelling there. Both cities have seen artillery strikes by government forces — tightening their squeeze on pro-Russian separatists as they try to end a...

    Advancing Ukraine Troops Take Fight to Heart of Pro-Moscow Rebellion
    Aug19

    Advancing Ukraine Troops Take Fight to Heart of Pro-Moscow Rebellion

    (Reuters) – A gun battle broke out in the center of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-Moscow separatist rebellion. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart will meet next week...

    Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held areas
    Aug19

    Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held areas

    People carry a stretcher with a dead man after shelling by the Ukrainian forces in Makiivka, 25 km (16 miles) from Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Government troops on Tuesda… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held areas
    Aug19

    Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held areas

    DONETSK, Ukraine — Government troops pressed attacks Tuesday in the two largest cities held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev also pursued diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict that has killed more than 2,000 and displaced another 300,000.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko prepared to host German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

    Germany’s Merkel to visit Ukraine on Saturday
    Aug19

    Germany’s Merkel to visit Ukraine on Saturday

    BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Kiev on Saturday and meet with top officials, making her first visit to Ukraine since the crisis there erupted. Merkel is making the visit at Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s invitation and also will meet with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Merkel spokesman Steffen...

    Presidents of Russia, Ukraine to meet in Belarus as fighting rages
    Aug19

    Presidents of Russia, Ukraine to meet in Belarus as fighting rages

    The presidents of Russia and Ukraine will meet next week in Minsk, the capital of neighboring Belarus, to discuss the combat consuming eastern Ukraine and Kiev’s diplomatic turn toward the European Union that sparked the conflict. …read more Source: Los Angeles...