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Polish PM: We’re dealing with war in Ukraine

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Commenting on the recent developments in Ukraine’s cities of Odessa, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on

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Europe 

Canadian troops join Nato exercises in Poland

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Fifty soldiers from Canada arrived in Poland on May 2 to take part alongside Polish and American counterparts in US-led

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Europe 

Worsening Ukrainian crisis holds economic risks for the region, Romanian president says

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Romanian president Traian Basescu warned on May 4 that a possible civil war in Ukraine would spread instability across the

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Europe 

Pro-Russian activists storm Odessa police station in Ukraine

May 4, 2014May 5, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Hundreds of pro-Russian militants stormed the police station in the southern Ukraine city of Odessa Sunday, and won the release

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Europe 

Romania rejects rumoured conscription plan amid tensions in Ukraine

May 4, 2014May 5, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Russia, Ukraine

The Romanian defence ministry has dismissed rumours that a process is underway of mobilisation of reservists or recruitment of young

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Bulgaria 

Ukraine vows to continue offensive in east

May 4, 2014 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine says it will continue pressing its military offensive against pro-Russia militants in eastern Ukraine, as U.S. Secretary of State

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Europe 

Ukrainian forces tighten grip on rebels in embattled Kramatorsk, Sloviansk

May 4, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s counterterrorism operation continued and even gained traction in the country’s gritty industrial east on Saturday, as its security forces

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria calls for full investigation into deaths in Odessa, calls on Kyiv to ensure order

May 3, 2014May 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Sergei Stanishev, Ukraine

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has called for a full investigation into the deaths in clashes in the Ukrainian city

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Europe 

Fighting resumes in Sloviansk, two Ukrainian soldiers killed

May 2, 2014 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s defence ministry said that two soldiers of Ukrainian army were killed in Sloviansk during an operation that meant to

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