Violence in eastern Ukraine prompts call from UN chief for immediate de-escalation
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned about continued violence in eastern Ukraine, which has led to loss
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Ukraine police take back Mariupol city hall
Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said police have driven pro-Russian separatists out of the city hall in the eastern city
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Senior Ukraine security official: Anti-terror operation suspended as Russian troops mass on border
Margarita Simonyan, the chief editor of Russia Today, the Kremlin’s flagship English language news organization, tweeted “Ukraine. R.I.P.” early in
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Ukrainian forces clash with Pro-Russia militants
Fighting between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russia militants in eastern Ukraine has left at least five militants dead, with Russian
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Obama: Russia not abiding by Geneva agreement with Ukraine
President Barack Obama said Russia is not abiding by the Geneva agreement to ease the crisis in Ukraine, and he
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Poroshenko widens the lead in Ukraine’s presidential polls
Ukraine’s confectionery magnate Petro Poroshenko increased his popularity ahead of presidential elections scheduled on May 25 to almost 33 per
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Ukraine forces ‘liberate’ Svyatohirsk from armed groups
In what appears to be its first act after the restart of an anti-terror operation to purge Kremlin-backed separatists from
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First American troops land in Poland for exercises amid Ukraine crisis
About 130 soldiers from the the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team arrived in Swidwin, northwestern Poland on April 23, as
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US to send paratroopers to Poland, Baltics
The United States is sending about 600 paratroopers to Poland and the Baltic states in an expansion meant to underscore
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