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9 août 2014

Ukraine activists lament 'betrayal' of Kiev's Maidan as war rages in the east

The fate of the symbolic site, the centre of months of bloody protests that led to the toppling in February of President Viktor Yanukovych, is a hotly debated topic in the country. "They came from two sides and tried to clear away the tents and everything,"...

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Tags: Ukraine, Maidan, Yanukovych Kiev

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7 août 2014

Kiev ‘gave up on us’: Ukrainian commander tells why 400 troops escaped into Russia

The command in Kiev has blatantly abandoned a group of more than 400 soldiers encircled by the self-defense forces, the senior Ukrainian officer who requested sanctuary in Russia with his men has revealed. Lack of ammunition, food, fuel and clear orders...

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Tags: Ukraine, Soldiers, border

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30 juillet 2014

The Belarusians fighting on both sides of the Ukraine conflict

For years, Belarusians have been divided over whether the future of their country should involve closer relations with Russia or the European Union. Belarus is tied to Russia politically, economically and even linguistically. Under Moscow's sphere of...

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Tags: Ukraine, EU, influence, Belarus, volunteers

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23 juillet 2014

Telegraph and TV channel criticised over crash reports

A Russian TV channel accused of acting as a mouthpiece for the Kremlin is facing an investigation by Britain’s broadcasting watchdog for its coverage of the destruction of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet. The Daily Telegraph was separately facing...

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Tags: Ukraine, tv, pro-Russians rebels, Malaysian airlines, propaganda

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16 juillet 2014

Fierce Battles Continue in Eastern Ukraine

Border tensions rise after Ukrainian officials said they suspected Russia had carried out the airstrike that killed civilians in Snizhne on Tuesday. Earlier in the week, a Ukrainian military transport plane was shot down near the Russian border, and new...

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Tags: Ukraine, Donetsk, Slavyansk

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21 juin 2014

Russia Girds Troops, Alarming Ukraine

DONETSK, Ukraine — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday ordered troops across central Russia on combat alert and began surprise military drills, renewing concerns about a Russian buildup a day after Ukraine ordered a government cease-fire...

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Tags: Ukraine, Putin, Obama

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19 juin 2014

EU-Russia and a neighbourhood in crisis

Even though the echoes of last year’s Vilnius summit have slowly faded away, the Ukraine-Russia crisis continues to cast a long shadow over the future of the EU Eastern Neighbourhood Policy. And while the presidential elections in Ukraine may bring some...

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Tags: Ukraine, EU, crisis

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18 juin 2014

Russian journalists killed in Ukraine

Born and raised in Ukraine, Igor Kornelyuk worked as a journalist for over 15 years. He went to Ukraine to cover bloodshed there, but never returned home. His colleague sound engineer Anton Voloshin was killed alongside him in Ukraine’s army shelling....

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Tags: Ukraine, journaliste, RT, press

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15 juin 2014

Western UNSC members block Russia’s draft resolution on Kiev embassy attack

Western countries in the United Nations Security Council have blocked Moscow's draft resolution condemning the attack on the Russian embassy in Kiev, a source in the UN says. “Western delegations in the Security Council have blocked the Russian draft...

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Tags: Ukraine, United Nations, embassy, resolution

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25 mai 2014

Europe Pro-European Billionaire Claims Victory in Ukraine Presidential Vote

KIEV, Ukraine — With their country caught in a fierce tug-of-war between Russia and the West over a new 21st-century security order, Ukrainians on Sunday elected Petro O. Poroshenko, a pro-European billionaire, as president, turning to a soft-spoken businessman...

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Tags: Ukraine, poroshenko, election

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