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Ukrainian official: Black boxes show MH17 was downed by ‘massive, explosive decompression’ from shrapnel

July 29, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian security service spokesman Andrei Lysenko said on July 28 that data recorders recovered from Malaysia Airlines flight 17 show

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US: Images prove Russia fired rockets into Ukraine

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

United States officials have released satellite images (see below) that, they say, show that Russia has fired rockets against Ukrainian

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Europe 

MH17 crash investigators hampered by fighting in Ukraine

July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

A team of international crash investigators and police officers was forced to cancel a visit to the site of the

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US, Europe demand harsher Russia sanctions

July 27, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

A senior British official is calling for the 2018 World Cup to be moved from Russia as punishment for the

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International police postpone MH17 crash site visit

July 27, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Police monitors from Australia and the Netherlands postponed plans Sunday to visit the Malaysian airliner crash site in eastern Ukraine,

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US: Russia firing artillery across Ukraine border

July 24, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The United States said on Thursday that Russia was firing artillery across the border into Ukraine targeting Ukrainian military positions

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France criticised for warships contract with Moscow

July 23, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

France’s contract to sell a pair of Mistral aircraft carriers to Moscow has come under fire in recent months, as

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Nato forces in South Eastern Europe should be increased, Bulgarian President Plevneliev says

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Increasing Nato forces in the South Eastern Europe region, conducting more joint exercises and making more active use of joint

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MEPs urge solidarity with Ukraine, sanctions on Russia after MH17 downing

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Russia, Ukraine

European Union sanctions against Russia must be stepped up, the Ukrainian border closed to halt arms flows from Russia, and

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