Ukraine’s economic pressures
With Ukraine’s economy on the brink of disaster, the International Monetary Fund agreed a $17.5 billion package for Ukraine in
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Taking candy from Poroshenko, Russia tightens squeeze on Ukraine’s president
Acting on a Moscow district court ruling, Russian authorities seized $39 million worth of property belonging to Ukrainian president Petro
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Poroshenko: Full-blown ‘war’ possible as situation in Ukraine’s east deteriorates
Full-scale war can flare up instantly, Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko warned at the International Support for Ukraine conference in Kyiv
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Ukraine-EU Summit starts in Kyiv as Russian forces in east show readiness for combat
Combined Russian-separatist forces are at their “highest level” of combat readiness while Ukraine faces mounting pressure to cede more power
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Russian bikers enter Poland despite ban
A number of participants of the Moscow-Berlin motor rally organised by The Night Wolves’ bikers club linked to president Vladimir
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More Russian troops and weapons enter east Ukraine war zone
As Ukrainian forces faced 20 attacks by Kremlin-led militants in the past 48 hours and spotted 30 enemy drones probing
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Amnesty alleges summary killings by rebels in Ukraine
A human rights group says it has new evidence of “execution-style killings” by pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Ukraine and
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Calls for peacekeepers in Ukraine will likely go unanswered
Ukrainian president Poroshenko has once again called on the United Nations to deploy peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine – a repeated
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Ukraine working to stabilise cease-fire, Merkel says
German chancellor Angela Merkel says Ukraine “is determined” to reach a more stable cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels in the country’s
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