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Intense Fighting Prompts Evacuations In Eastern Ukraine
For days, fighting has intensified between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists. Civilians in villages near Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine have been bearing the brunt of artillery and rocket battles, prompting evacuations. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service and Current Time TV) …read more Source: Radio Free...
Ukraine Fighting Rages For Fifth Day
Ukrainian forces battled Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, as a significant upsurge in fighting continued for a fifth day. (Current Time TV) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
European Parliament Approves Visa-Free Schengen Travel For Georgia
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to approve visa liberalization for Georgia, paving the way for Georgians to travel to the European Union’s Schengen zone without obtaining visas. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
European Parliament Approves Visa-Free Schengen Travel For Georgia
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to approve visa liberalization for Georgia, paving the way for Georgians to travel to the European Union’s Schengen zone without obtaining visas. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, February 2, 2017
Your daily roundup …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU’s Tusk Says Fighting Must Stop In Ukraine, Points To ‘Russia’s Aggression’
European Council President Donald Tusk is calling on Russia to use its influence with separatists in eastern Ukraine to end an upsurge of fighting that has caused many casualties and aggravated the humanitarian situation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Two Ukrainian Soldiers Reported Killed In Eastern Fighting
Ukraine says two of its soldiers have been killed in the country’s east as heavy fighting between government forces and Russia-backed separatists entered its fifth day. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Envoy: U.S. Affirmed Opposition To Russian Takeover Of Crimea
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations said the Trump administration fully supports his country’s territorial integrity and independence and will never accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Says Plans To Hold Referendum On Ukraine Joining NATO
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told German media that he is planning a referendum on whether Ukraine should join NATO now that polls show 54 percent of Ukrainians favor such a move. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
War Returns With A Fury To Embattled Ukrainian City
Nearly three years since first erupting, the war here in eastern Ukraine has exploded anew, with deadly fighting between government forces and Russia-backed separatists reported up and down the 450-kilometer front line. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
