For second year, Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day amid Russia’s war
Ukrainian Independence Day 2015 showed that Ukrainians love their soldiers a lot and their politicians, well, not so much at
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Putin visits Crimea, slams Ukrainian government
On August 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin began a three-day visit to Crimea aimed at developing the annexed Black Sea
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Truce faltering as eastern Ukraine fighting spikes
Intense clashes this week between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels are jeopardizing a fragile peace agreement and renewing concerns of
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MH17 probe yields possible parts of Russian missile
Investigators probing last year’s downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine have found fragments that may have come
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Russia’s destruction of banned Western food sparks outrage
The Russian government is moving ahead with the mass destruction of Western food imports banned under sanctions imposed by the
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France scuttles Mistral warship deal with Russia
The French government has decided not to deliver to Russia two high-tech warships built under a billion-euro contract with Moscow,
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Russia vetoes UN resolution on MH17 crash
Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible
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Russia’s propaganda machine revs up ahead of UN’s MH17 vote
Russia’s state media machine appears to have gone into conspiracy theory overdrive. A well-coordinated campaign appeared to be underway ahead
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Multinational military exercises start in western Ukraine
A military exercise involving Ukrainian and U.S. forces, along with troops from more than a dozen other countries, opened Monday
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