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    Merkel: Economic Sanctions Against Russia Still an Option
    Jul02

    Merkel: Economic Sanctions Against Russia Still an Option

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Moscow on Wednesday for failing to engage on a peace plan announced by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and said tougher economic sanctions against Russia were still an option. “Regarding sanctions against Russia, we have so far reached level two and we cannot rule out having to go...

    Deadly attack on Ukraine border post
    Jul02

    Deadly attack on Ukraine border post

    Fresh violence on border with Russia after Ukraine’s cease-fire expires, separatists reject call to lay down arms …read more Source:...

    Ukrainian Troops Killed As Forces Step Up Attacks On Rebels
    Jul02

    Ukrainian Troops Killed As Forces Step Up Attacks On Rebels

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Four Ukrainian troops were killed as forces carried out over 100 attacks on rebel positions and cleared separatists from three villages in the last day, a military official said Wednesday. Fighting in the country’s east has increased since a much-violated 10-day cease-fire was allowed to expire Monday. President...

    Ukrainian Forces Detain Horlivka Rebel Leader
    Jul02

    Ukrainian Forces Detain Horlivka Rebel Leader

    Ukrainian forces said they detained a top pro-Russian separatist leader on July 1. Video distributed by Ukraine’s SBU state security service shows soldiers arresting a man identified as the self-proclaimed mayor of the town of Horlivka, Volodymyr Kolosnyuk, in Berdyansk near Zaporizhzhya. NOTE: There is no audio on this video. (Reuters)...

    Russia Buries Cameraman Killed In Eastern Ukraine
    Jul02

    Russia Buries Cameraman Killed In Eastern Ukraine

    A funeral ceremony for Russian television journalist Anatoly Klyan killed in eastern Ukraine was held July 2 in Moscow. His body was lying in state at the main studio of state-controlled Channel One, where the 68-year-old cameraman had worked, as mourners queued to lay flowers. Klyan died after being shot in the stomach on June 30 in...

    Ukraine says border guard killed in mortar attack on border post; 8 others wounded
    Jul02

    Ukraine says border guard killed in mortar attack on border post; 8 others wounded

    Ukraine’s border guards service says a serviceman was killed and eight were wounded when a post on the border with Russia came under heavy mortar attack. …read more Source: FOX...

    Russian Gas: How Much Is That?
    Jul02

    Russian Gas: How Much Is That?

    A study of data on Russian gas sales shows wide variance in prices between countries. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Guard killed in attack on border post, Ukraine says
    Jul02

    Guard killed in attack on border post, Ukraine says

    Ukraine’s border guards service says a serviceman was killed and eight were wounded when a post on the border with Russia came under heavy mortar attack. …read more Source: FOX...

    Reports: Berlin July 2 Meeting On Ukraine Crisis
    Jul02

    Reports: Berlin July 2 Meeting On Ukraine Crisis

    Reports citing French diplomatic sources, reports say the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany are to meet in Berlin on July 2 to discuss the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    An Alliance of Necessity: Putin’s Russia Enjoys a Strategic Partnership With Israel
    Jul01

    An Alliance of Necessity: Putin’s Russia Enjoys a Strategic Partnership With Israel

    President Vladimir Putin & Prime Minister Netanyahu maintain a shared understanding of how to keep the Mideast stable despite the Kremlin’s alliances with some of Israel’s bitter foes/ Courtesy of AFP “The development of mutually advantageous and constructive relations with Israel in the political, economic, humanitarian and...