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Dozens missing, feared dead after Ukraine mine explosion

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 VOANews Ukraine

Dozens of miners are missing and feared dead after an explosion Wednesday at a coal mine in the rebel-held part

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Russia, Ukraine agree on gas delivery deal through to end of March

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a gas delivery deal through the end of March, despite the conflict over pro-Russian

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EU mediates gas talks between Russia, Ukraine

March 2, 2015 Lisa Bryant of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

Russia and Ukrainian energy ministers got together for key gas talks in Brussels, amid threats by Russia’s Gazprom to cut

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At least 44 000 march for Nemtsov in Moscow

March 1, 2015March 1, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The Russian opposition had planned a protest rally “Spring” on March 1. When one of its organisers, major opposition figure Boris

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Romanian defence ministry denies conscription amid conflict in Ukraine

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Ukraine

Romanian defence ministry Mircea Dusa said on February 27 that there was no conscription underway in the country amid the military

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Experts see more Russian-backed terrorist attacks ahead in Ukraine

February 27, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Security experts believe that Ukraine will face more terror attacks after a blast in Kharkiv ripped through a EuroMaidan Revolution

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Poland’s defence minister: decision to send military instructors to Ukraine to be taken in March

February 27, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

A decision about sending Polish military instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers will be taken in March, Poland’s defence minister Tomasz

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US General: No red line in Ukraine to trigger Nato response

February 26, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Ukraine

The top U.S. general in Europe has indicated there is no red line that Russia can cross that would lead

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UK stuns Europe by sending troops to Ukraine

February 25, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

The United Kingdom stunned officials across Europe with a unilateral announcement that it would send 75 troops to Ukraine within

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