Ukraine receives additional aid as tensions rise
Tensions are rising in Ukraine even as assurances of international aid to stabilize the country’s battered economy have started pouring
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Ukrainian deputy prime minister says several hundred Russian troops in Ukraine
Hundreds of Russian soldiers are in Donetsk Oblast and their numbers are increasing, said First Deputy head of the Security
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Russia’s ‘provocative’ flights over Black Sea continue to cause tensions
Bulgaria’s defence minister has complained that Russia military aircrafts are continuing to carry out provocative reconnaissance flights close to Bulgaria’s
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Obama, Putin talk as separatists tighten grip on eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russia demonstrators on Monday defied a government deadline to vacate occupied buildings in exchange for amnesty, as Ukraine’s interim president
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Russia, West face off over Ukraine at UN
Russia came under heavy criticism from world powers at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council Sunday, as
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Ukraine announces ‘full-scale’ assault on pro-Russia militias
Ukraine says it is launching a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine. In a televised speech Sunday,
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Armed, pro-Russian separatists lay siege to Donetsk Oblast as Ukrainian government struggles to combat
Amid reports of casualties on both sides as Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian militias in Sloviansk, other armed separatists continued to
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Ukraine’s president calls emergency meeting; Pro-Russia protests grow
Pro-Russian protesters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have forced the local police chief to resign, after threatening to
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Shootout in Kramatorsk next on wave of Russian assault on Donetsk Oblast
Pro-Russian forces are taking part and leading attacks on government buildings in Donetsk Oblast, including police and security service stations,
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