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Nato chief: More Russian troops at Ukraine’s border

June 19, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

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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Europe 

Ukraine: Donetsk streets mostly deserted as separatists lose support

June 19, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

As separatists seize more buildings in Donetsk, the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city of more than 1 million people

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Europe 

Russia arms Ukraine secessionists, again

June 19, 2014June 19, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

When Crimea broke away from Ukraine, after the uprising in Kyiv that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, Russia denied sending soldiers

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Analysts: Ukraine dispute not likely to cut Russian gas sales to Europe

June 19, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Analysts tell VOA that Russia should not make any attempt to interrupt natural gas deliveries to Europe as part of

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Europe 

Poroshenko: Ukraine ‘is in a state of war’

June 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Speaking at the National University of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s graduation on June 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for

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Report: Putin, Poroshenko discuss ceasefire following pipeline blast

June 18, 2014June 19, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Tuesday with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko about a possible

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Europe 

Westinghouse chips away at Russian nuclear fuel monopoly in Ukraine

June 18, 2014 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

During a routine inspection of the Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Oblast in 2012, the State Inspectorate

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Europe 

Russia, Ukraine, former natural gas trading partners, now trade insults

June 17, 2014May 10, 2024 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Russia, Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine, once brotherly nations, are fighting over natural gas deliveries and military aid. Russia has stopped buying potatoes

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Europe 

Russia, Ukraine fail to reach gas deal as deadline looms

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom say emergency talks with Ukraine aimed at ending a natural gas pricing dispute have ended without

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