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    Ukraine Volunteer Militia Deploys to East Amid Cease-fire
    Jun23

    Ukraine Volunteer Militia Deploys to East Amid Cease-fire

    More volunteers with Ukraine’s Donbas Battalion, a pro-government militia that recently merged with the National Guard, were preparing to deploy to the restive east Monday – in the middle of a temporary cease-fire declared just days earlier by the country’s new president. The deployment comes at a time when they are technically...

    Images from Ukraine
    Jun23

    Images from Ukraine

    …read more Source: Voice of America

    Russian Army Holds Large-Scale Military Drill
    Jun23

    Russian Army Holds Large-Scale Military Drill

    Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on June 21 announced a multipurpose exercise in Russia’s Central Military District. Soldiers in the city of Samara were put on full combat alert in a surprise test of their combat readiness. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Hague says EU Ready for More Russia Sanctions if Necessary
    Jun23

    Hague says EU Ready for More Russia Sanctions if Necessary

    Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague warned Russia on Monday that the EU was ready to impose tougher sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine if it is not satisfied with Moscow’s response to Kyiv’s peace plan. Speaking before a meeting in Luxembourg of European Union foreign ministers, Hague said leaders of the bloc’s 28...

    EU Ministers Threaten Further Sanctions On Russia
    Jun23

    EU Ministers Threaten Further Sanctions On Russia

    Several European foreign ministers are threatening further sanctions if Russia fails to both cooperate with Ukraine’s proposed peace plan and halt interference in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Police Clash With Maidan Supporters In Kharkiv
    Jun23

    Police Clash With Maidan Supporters In Kharkiv

    Police violently broke up a demonstration of Maidan supporters in the eastern city of Kharkiv on June 22. Members of the Hryfon special police unit attacked Ukrainian activists who attempted to prevent a pro-Russian rally in the city center. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    More Ukraine Refugees Cross Into Russia
    Jun23

    More Ukraine Refugees Cross Into Russia

    As fighting continued between Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels, more residents of towns and villages in eastern Ukraine made their way toward the border and sought refuge in Russia’s Rostov region on June 21. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Hague: Russia must cooperate or face new sanctions
    Jun23

    Hague: Russia must cooperate or face new sanctions

    BRUSSELS (AP) — Several European foreign ministers are threatening further sanctions if Russia fails to cooperate with Ukraine’s proposed peace plan and doesn’t stop the flow of arms and militants across its border into eastern Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...

    Putin Attempts to Straddle a Divide He Helped to Pry Open in Ukraine
    Jun23

    Putin Attempts to Straddle a Divide He Helped to Pry Open in Ukraine

    Russia’s charged balancing act in its policy toward Ukraine has become evident, with President Vladimir V. Putin both endorsing a peace plan and rebuking Kiev for a shaky cease-fire. …read more Source: The New York...

    Putin Backs Poroshenko’s Cease-Fire, Calls For ‘Dialogue’
    Jun22

    Putin Backs Poroshenko’s Cease-Fire, Calls For ‘Dialogue’

    Russian television has shown President Vladimir Putin giving cautious support to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s unilateral cease-fire but also saying that any cessation of hostilities is meaningless without “dialogue.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...