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Ukraine police take back Mariupol city hall

April 24, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said police have driven pro-Russian separatists out of the city hall in the eastern city

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Senior Ukraine security official: Anti-terror operation suspended as Russian troops mass on border

April 24, 2014April 24, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Margarita Simonyan, the chief editor of Russia Today, the Kremlin’s flagship English language news organization, tweeted “Ukraine. R.I.P.” early in

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Ukrainian forces clash with Pro-Russia militants

April 24, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Fighting between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russia militants in eastern Ukraine has left at least five militants dead, with Russian

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Obama: Russia not abiding by Geneva agreement with Ukraine

April 24, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

President Barack Obama said Russia is not abiding by the Geneva agreement to ease the crisis in Ukraine, and he

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Poroshenko widens the lead in Ukraine’s presidential polls

April 24, 2014 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s confectionery magnate Petro Poroshenko increased his popularity ahead of presidential elections scheduled on May 25 to almost 33 per

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Ukraine forces ‘liberate’ Svyatohirsk from armed groups

April 24, 2014April 27, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

In what appears to be its first act after the restart of an anti-terror operation to purge Kremlin-backed separatists from

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Europe 

First American troops land in Poland for exercises amid Ukraine crisis

April 24, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

About 130 soldiers from the the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team arrived in Swidwin, northwestern Poland on April 23, as

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Europe 

Ankara takes a step back on the matter of the Armenian genocide

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Armenia, Turkey

A statement of historical importance was issued by the Turkish prime minister’s communications office regarding the Armenian genocide. April 24

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Kusturica reveals monument to Gavrilo Princip

April 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Famous Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica has unveiled a monument to Gavrilo Princip, the revolutionary that assassinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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