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Ukraine announces ‘full-scale’ assault on pro-Russia militias

April 13, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine says it is launching a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine. In a televised speech Sunday,

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Bulgaria 

Armed, pro-Russian separatists lay siege to Donetsk Oblast as Ukrainian government struggles to combat

April 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Amid reports of casualties on both sides as Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian militias in Sloviansk, other armed separatists continued to

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Europe 

Ukraine’s president calls emergency meeting; Pro-Russia protests grow

April 13, 2014 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian protesters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have forced the local police chief to resign, after threatening to

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Europe 

Shootout in Kramatorsk next on wave of Russian assault on Donetsk Oblast

April 13, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian forces are taking part and leading attacks on government buildings in Donetsk Oblast, including police and security service stations,

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Bulgaria 

Fogh Rasmussen: Bulgaria stronger in Nato and Nato stronger with Bulgaria

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Nato allies must stop the decline of defence budgets and start reversing the trend, Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh

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Europe 

Deadline looms for Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatists occupying state buildings in eastern Ukraine face a Friday deadline imposed by Kyiv to surrender their weapons. Armed

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Bulgaria 

Nato chief’s visit to Bulgaria: A selfie, a Stara Planina and a hammer and sickle

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a tweet from Sofia during an April 11 visit that the current

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World 

Russia issues foreign travel advisory, accuses US of ‘hunting’ Russians

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Russia’s foreign ministry has issued a blanket foreign travel advisory notice, warning Russian nationals to abstain from travelling to countries

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine to top agenda as Nato’s Rasmussen visits Bulgaria

April 10, 2014April 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Kristian Vigenin, Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The visit to Bulgaria on April 10 and 11 2014 by Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will be about

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