Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Fighting Intensifies in Eastern Ukraine: 43 Dead in 24 Hours
DONETSK, Ukraine—Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday in battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. The Ukrainian troops are trying to encircle Donetsk, the largest city still in rebel hands, and also drive the...
Fighting In Eastern Ukraine Kills 43 in 24 Hours
KIEV, Ukraine— Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday — battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said. The Ukrainian troops are trying to encircle Donetsk, the largest city still in rebel hands, and also drive the rebels...
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...
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...
Putin to Meet Ukraine’s Pres Poroshenko in Late August
MOSCOW—The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart at an Aug. 26 meeting in Minsk, Belarus. In a statement published on its website Tuesday, the Kremlin said Putin would meet with the Ukrainian president, as well as officials from the European Commission and the Eurasian Customs Union, which is comprised of...
Ukraine Troops Closer to Controlling Rebel-Held Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine— The Ukrainian government has captured most of a town near Donetsk, tightening the noose around the key rebel-held stronghold, officials said on Tuesday. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a Facebook post that one soldier was killed and four wounded when a volunteer battalion came under mortar fire before entering the town of...
Ukraine: ‘Dozens’ of Civilians Killed in Convoy
KIEV, Ukraine— “Dozens” of civilians were killed in a shelling attack Monday on a convoy of refugees trying to flee war-torn eastern Ukraine, a top Ukrainian official said. Both the government and the rebels traded blame for the attack. Col. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security Council, told reporters Monday he did...
Ukraine Accuses Rebels of Shelling Civilians
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine claimed Monday that pro-Russia rebels fired rockets and mortars on a convoy of civilians who were trying to flee from the intense fighting in eastern Ukraine. “Many people were killed, among them women and children,” Col. Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council, told reporters. He did not...
World War 3 Impending? Ukraine Says Army Enters Rebel-Controlled City
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Army troops have penetrated deep inside a rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month-long conflict, the Ukrainian government said Sunday. However, the military acknowledged that another one of its fighter planes was shot down by the separatists, who have been...
Ukraine Troops Deep in Rebel-Controlled City of Luhansk, Could Be Breakthrough
KIEV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s government said Sunday that separatists shot down a Ukrainian fighter plane after army troops entered deep inside a rebel-controlled city in the east in what could prove a breakthrough development in the four-month long conflict. Ukraine’s national security council said government forces captured a district...
