Ukraine’s president vows to take back east from pro-Russia rebels
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has vowed to retake remaining rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine, but says government forces will exercise
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As Ukraine separatists retreat, Russia’s next moves unclear
Russia has urged Ukrainian authorities to negotiate a cease-fire, after separatist rebels in southeast Ukraine retreated to the two largest
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Lithuania’s president warns of growing ‘Russian chauvinism’
Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region unnerved Russia’s neighbors from Kazakhstan in the south to the Baltic states in the
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Retreating Ukraine rebels dig in at Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists retreating ahead of a Ukrainian military offensive in eastern Ukraine dug in Monday in the city of Donetsk,
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Ukraine’s army prepares to liberate Donetsk and Luhansk as military offensive gathers pace
The Ukrainian army is preparing to dislodge Kremlin-backed separatists from Donetsk and Luhansk, the provincial capitals of two oblasts where
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Bridges to Donetsk destroyed as Ukraine battles separatists
Three bridges into rebel-held Donetsk were destroyed Monday, as Ukrainian forces continue to fight pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part
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Former Georgian president, Soviet FM Shevardnadze dies at 86
Former Georgian President and Soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze has died at the age of 86. A spokeswoman said he
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Defence minister says anti-terrorist operation to continue until Ukraine’s east is reclaimed
Ukraine’s new defence minister Valeriy Heletey praised the Ukrainian army’s conduct in recapturing the former rebel stronghold of Sloviansk on July
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Holocaust memorial in Athens defaced
A Holocaust Memorial was defaced in the Greek capital Athens with graffiti threatening the Jewish community, the European Jewish Press
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