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Bulgaria must make clear commitments to energy security and diversification, President Plevneliev says

June 5, 2014June 6, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria should undertake clear commitments to energy security and diversification, President Rossen Plevneliev told reporters in Warsaw, where energy security

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Rebels in eastern Ukraine take government border posts

June 5, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine struggled late Wednesday to regain control of key sections of its border with Russia, after pro-Russian separatists overran a

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Europe 

US offers Ukraine $5 million to help it fight separatists

June 4, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The United States is offering Ukraine $5 million in non-lethal assistance to help the country’s military forces in their effort

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Europe 

Poland ‘frontline’ in US effort on Ukraine

June 4, 2014 Mark Snowiss of VOANews Poland, Russia, Ukraine

When U.S. President Barack Obama chose Poland to begin a four-day European trip, he sent a message about the country’s

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Europe 

Obama announces $1 billion security plan for Eastern Europe

June 3, 2014 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

President Barack Obama assured Poland and its eastern European neighbors on Tuesday that the U.S. commitment to their security was

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Europe 

Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine as government restarts ‘active phase’ of anti-terror operation

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Intense clashes between Ukrainian military forces and pro-Russia insurgents broke out in the eastern region of Donetsk early on June

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Several rebels killed in attack on border post in eastern Ukraine

June 3, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukrainian government forces battled pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine not far from the Russian border Monday, as Russia called for

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Europe 

Russia, Nato spar over military forces in Central Europe

June 3, 2014June 4, 2014 James Brooke VOA Moscow Bureau Chief Nato, Russia, Ukraine

With Russia pulling most of its roughly 40,000 troops away from its border with Ukraine, NATO and Russia have started

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Europe 

Ukraine’s military to continue eastern offensive

June 1, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine officials vowed Friday to continue a military offensive against pro-Russian rebels in the country’s east, after separatists there shot

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