Separatists down Ukrainian military helicopter
Pro-Russian separatists have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, just a day after the rebels announced a week-long truce in
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Russia
Obama: Putin, separatists should comply with Ukraine peace plans
President Barack Obama has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to work closely with Kyiv to implement Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko’s
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Sanctions threat weighs on Russian oil industry
Russia’s economy runs on oil and gas, but with Russia’s economy on the edge of recession, a new threat has
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Ukraine’s president talks peace plan to the nation
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko made a televised address to the nation on June 21, in which he discussed his 14-point peace
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Anger, threats in Ukraine’s capital over ceasefire proposal
Separatists in Ukraine’s restive east have rejected the government’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire, and angry citizens in the streets
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Unesco chief Irina Bokova denounces killing of journalists in eastern Ukraine
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom, Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, denounced on June 19 the
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Nato chief: More Russian troops at Ukraine’s border
The head of Nato says that Russia has resumed a troop build-up along its border with Ukraine, as Ukraine’s president
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Ukraine: Donetsk streets mostly deserted as separatists lose support
As separatists seize more buildings in Donetsk, the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city of more than 1 million people
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Russia arms Ukraine secessionists, again
When Crimea broke away from Ukraine, after the uprising in Kyiv that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia denied sending soldiers
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