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    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…. …read more Source: Associated...

    Prague LGBT Community Supports Ukraine (PHOTOS)
    Aug19

    Prague LGBT Community Supports Ukraine (PHOTOS)

    The fourth annual Prague Pride Parade, held on Aug. 16, ended with a festival in Letna Park. What made this year’s event special was the Ukrainian flags spotted in between the extravagant costumes and rainbows. The largest LGBT event in central Europe chose to share their special day with Ukraine. Just recently, on the night of Aug. 14,...

    Ukrainian troops inch closer to rebel city Donetsk
    Aug19

    Ukrainian troops inch closer to rebel city Donetsk

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian government troops were fighting pro-Russian rebels in the streets of Luhansk on Tuesday and captured most of a town near the eastern city of Donetsk, tightening the noose around that key rebel-held stronghold, Ukrainian officials said. As the fighting raged, the Kremlin announced that Russian … …read...

    Who is funding Ukraine’s conflict?
    Aug19

    Who is funding Ukraine’s conflict?

    A 20-minute drive from Kiev takes you to a neighborhood that feels more like Beverly Hills than central Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Putin, Poroshenko to meet for talks on Ukraine
    Aug19

    Putin, Poroshenko to meet for talks on Ukraine

    The announced meeting comes as Ukrainian troops close in on Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine says fighting halts recovery of refugees’ bodies
    Aug19

    Ukraine says fighting halts recovery of refugees’ bodies

    Fifteen bodies have been recovered from the site of an artillery strike on a refugee bus convoy in east Ukraine, but further operations have been suspended due to renewed fighting in the area, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Tuesday. …read more Source: New York Daily...

    World War 3 Rumors: Ukraine Troops Get Closer to Donetsk
    Aug19

    World War 3 Rumors: Ukraine Troops Get Closer to Donetsk

    DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian government troops were fighting pro-Russian rebels in the streets of Luhansk on Tuesday and captured most of a town near the eastern city of Donetsk, tightening the noose around that key rebel-held stronghold, Ukrainian officials said. As the fighting raged, the Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir...

    How Russian State TV Tied Satanists To Ukraine’s Leadership
    Aug19

    How Russian State TV Tied Satanists To Ukraine’s Leadership

    A satanic church has been founded in Ukraine. Combined with the parliamentary speaker’s Protestant faith and the prime minister’s alleged ties to Scientology, this may spell doom for Ukraine. Or so says Russian state television. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin’s Achilles’ Heel: Tighter Energy Sector Sanctions
    Aug19

    Putin’s Achilles’ Heel: Tighter Energy Sector Sanctions

    The European Union, in coordination with the United States, finally decided to impose serious sanctions on Russia. In addition to measures against the financial sector, they include energy sector sanctions that bar export of highly sophisticated technologies needed in deep-sea drilling, Arctic exploration, and shale oil projects. These sanctions...

    Russia Tests Surface-To-Air-Missiles
    Aug19

    Russia Tests Surface-To-Air-Missiles

    MOSCOW, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday tested surface-to-air missiles during army exercises in the southern Russian province of Astrakhan, a defense ministry spokesman was quoted as saying, in a move to show its military might as fighting rages in neighboring Ukraine. “Three armed regiments carried out test fires of S-400...