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EU slaps sanctions on five Russian banks

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The European Union has sanctioned five Russian banks to protest Moscow’s intervention in restive eastern Ukraine. The EU said it

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Experts reach Ukraine crash site

July 31, 2014July 31, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

An international team of experts has reached the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine for the

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Warsaw slams Russian ban on Polish fruit

July 31, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Officials in Warsaw Wednesday slammed a Russian ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland, describing it as “political

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EU, US add further sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, targeting banks, defence and energy sectors

July 30, 2014July 31, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union has agreed a package of what it calls “significant” additional restrictive measures targeting sectoral co-operation and exchanges

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UK to send ‘battle group’ to Poland for exercises amid Ukraine crisis

July 29, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

The UK is planning to send more than 1,300 British troops to take part in a forthcoming major NATO exercises

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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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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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