Exchange of POWs begins in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists began the exchange of prisoners of war Friday with hundreds expected to be released by evening.
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USS Donald Cook to enter Black Sea
Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Donald Cook was to enter the Black Sea on December 26 2014 “to
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Ukraine cuts power, cancels trains to Crimea
Ukraine cut power and cancelled trains to Crimea on December 26 2014, operator companies said in their statements. The peninsula
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Ukraine peace talks break down
Ukrainian officials and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in Belarus’ capital Minsk for a round of peace talks scheduled
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Israel: large increase in Jewish immigrants from Ukraine
About 230 Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, including dozens of families fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine, arrived in Israel this
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Ukraine’s parliament drops country’s non-aligned status
Ukraine took a further step toward seeking NATO membership Tuesday, when the country’s parliament passed a law abolishing Kyiv’s neutral,
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Ukraine peace talks to resume this week
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have reached an agreement to hold a new round of peace talks
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EU leaders on Russia: After sanctions, what next?
It’s a rare occasion when European Union leaders end a summit in just one day, but that’s what happened Thursday
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Poroshenko orders new mobilisation, military spending increase
Ukraine is to hike military spending and undergo further mobilisation in 2015, according to President Petro Poroshenko. In 2015 the
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