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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Bulgaria still keen on South Stream, Russian FM Lavrov told
In meetings with visiting Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on July 7, Bulgarian officials trotted out the by-now-familiar line about
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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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Protest Network to hold two protests on July 7 against visit to Bulgaria by Russian FM Lavrov
Bulgaria’s anti-government Protest Network is to hold two protests on July 7 2014 against the working visit to Sofia by
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Ukraine troops retake rebel stronghold
Ukrainian troops have overtaken the rebel stronghold of Slovyansk in the country’s east in a nighttime offensive, and President Petro
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Latvia wary of Russian moves
Latvia is 1,000 kilometers north of the separatist war in southern Ukraine. But what Latvia and Ukraine shares is a
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Ukrainian forces reclaim critical border crossing
Dozens of spent bullet cartridges strewn across pavement scarred by the tracks of armored vehicles. A café and auto body
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US reassures Baltics against Russian threat
At a new NATO-standard airbase in Estonia, four F-16s train over the Baltic Sea, sometimes coming within 100 meters of
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