Ukraine

Ukraine army assaults Lugansk: Airstrikes on suburbs, shelling of residential areas
Kiev's artillery attacked the city of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, witnesses and militia of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Lugansk (LNR) said. Ukrainian forces also attacked the city's suburbs from the air. [...]
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Leaked: US think-tank plan on E. Ukraine suggests internment camps, executions
A leaked memorandum from the RAND corporation think tank suggests the Ukrainian govt should engage in an all-out war in eastern regions, including shutting down all communications, putting citizens in internment camps and kill all who resist such actions. [...]
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Ukraine, the country no one cared about
Ukraine is the land where time has stood still and the consequences of what has been sown are now being reaped as anarchy is unleashed upon its rotting corpse. Just over a year ago, in rather more peaceful times, I was on a train from Kharkov to Simferopol, sharing a cabin with two Russian gents from the Far Eastern outpost of Nakhodka and, breaking the monotony of long distance rail commutation, [...]
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Ukraine governor attacked by angry crowd in Khmelnytskyi – video
The governor of the central Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi is attacked by an angry crowd of local residents, Footage of the attack shows Leonid Prus hit repeatedly over the head by a woman and lifted up by the unhappy crowd. Prus later attempts to escape out of a window but is again confronted by the crowd outside [...]
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What was that?! New Ukrainian Def Min “signs” his oath… with capped pen
Ukraine's newly appointed defense minister was so fast to sign his oath of allegiance that even the capped pen in his hand failed to slow him down. The candidacy of Lieutenant-General Valery Geletey, which was proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, received support from the majority of the MPs in the country’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Thursday. [...]
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Ukraine Gangster State Calls for ‘Nuclear Strikes’
Parliament moves to quit Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Nazis 'regular reconnaissance visits to nuclear power stations'; Billionaire governor, whose Privatbank is top recipient of new IMF bailout, being placed on international wanted list for 'banned methods of warfare and aggravated murder'. Seek truth from facts with intelligence expert William Engdahl; economist Professor Michael Hudson; for [...]
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Putin ‘would be killed’ if he came to Kiev, Ukraine parliament deputy says on TV
A Verkhovna Rada deputy who is also an ex-defense minister of Ukraine, said during a prime time talk-show that the country' "patriots" would be justified"to kill" Russian President Vladimir Putin if he came to Kiev. [...]
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Slavyansk residential districts “a mess” after Kiev troops shelling, at least 3 killed (SHOCKING VIDEO)
In an apparent breach of the ceasefire, Ukrainian forces shelled residential parts of Slavyansk for nearly an hour on Sunday, destroying buildings and killing at least 3 civilians. Ukrainian media claimed that a pro-Kiev checkpoint had been attacked. [...]
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Humanitarian situation in Ukraine aggravates every minute
The situation in Ukraine is gradually leading to a humanitarian catastrophe, and it is aggravating every day. Russia sees it as its duty to expand assistance to refugees from Ukraine, displaced persons and to the Ukrainians who stay in the conflict-torn areas. Russia is extending humanitarian assistance to the people of the southeastern part of Ukraine without formal agreement with the Ukrainian a [...]
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Putin asks Upper House to repeal decision allowing use of military force in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin has proposed that the upper house call off the March 1 resolution allowing the head of state to use the armed forces on the territory of Ukraine, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. [...]
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DRAMATIC: Ukraine army and self-defense militia exchange bodies (VIDEO)
In an unprecedented move, Ukrainian self-defense forces and Kiev's troops have carried out an exchange of dead bodies near Donetsk. However, a fragile ceasefire reached for the exchange was interrupted by shooting. [...]
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Ukraine is “€˜a failed state unable to guarantee the physical safety of the business”
Ukraine does not control its territory and is unable to guarantee not only the lives of its own citizens but also the economic safety of the pipeline operation, or the businesses on its territory, political scientist Mateusz Piskorsky told RT. Ukrainian authorities suggested the blast may have been caused by a terrorist attack. So can Ukraine be trusted as a transit country anymore? [...]
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“No to war!” Thousands of miners protest Kiev’€™s crackdown on E. Ukraine
The coal miners of the Donetsk region have stayed away from work and marched in downtown Donetsk against Kiev'€™s military campaign against Ukrainian citizens, which has already killed over 250 civilians, according to the UN. A rally on Donetsk’s central Lenin Square initially attracted about 1,000 people. [...]
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Ukraine a ‘No-Win’ Situation for the White House, Observers Say – IVN.us
The White House response to Ukraine has not settled well with the American people, something the GOP is taking advantage of. Only 34% of Americans approve of Obama's response. The GOP is taking advantage of that fact, and several Republican senators have started to advocate heavier sanctions against Russia than are currently in place. [...]
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“€˜No chance to survive™!” Rossiya TV journalists Kornelyuk and Voloshin killed in Ukraine shelling
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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Moment Ukraine army shell hits Russian TV crew caught on tape (VIDEO)
A TV camera recorded the moment Russian journalists (from Rossiya TV) came under fire while working near Lugansk, E. Ukraine. Two journalists died from wounds sustained during the Ukrainian military barrage. Reporter Igor Kornelyuk passed away on the operating table, a doctor at a local hospital confirmed to RT. [...]
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2 Russian journalists killed in Ukraine military shelling
Two journalists for Russian TV channel Rossiya have died from wounds sustained during a Ukrainian military shelling attack near Lugansk, eastern Ukraine. Reporter Igor Kornelyuk passed away on the operating table, a doctor at the hospital confirmed to RT. [...]
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Gas transit pipeline explodes in E. Ukraine
An explosion has struck a pipeline in the central Ukrainian Poltava region. Witnesses say flames from the blast are up to 200 meter high. “The explosion occurred at about 14:45 local time in a field,” the local police press-service said in a statement. Due to the “flame and the high temperatures,” it was “impossible to get closer to the epicenter.” [...]
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‘€˜Ukrainian officials show “€˜adolescent foolishness”€™, not diplomacy’
The Ukrainian President is sitting at the top of a living volcano and must understand that exacerbating conflict with Russia will put an end to his presidency, Michael J. Carley, professor of history and 20th century international relations, told RT. [...]
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Two detained with “€˜homemade explosive device”€™ near Russian consulate in Odessa
Ukrainian police have detained two men with a package presumably containing a homemade explosive device near Russia'€™s consulate in the city of Odessa. The explosive has been sent for inspection, the local Ministry of Interior reports. [...]
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Gazprom puts Ukraine on gas prepayment plan after “€˜chronic”€™ failure to pay debt
After failing to pay its gas bill, Ukraine now has to pay in advance for any natural gas from Russia, Gazprom said on Monday. Both companies have filed lawsuits against each other at the Stockholm Arbitration Court. “This decision was taken due to systematic failure of Naftogaz Ukraine to pay. [...]
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Ukrainian FM chants ‘Putin – f**ker’ at vandalized Russian embassy in Kiev
In an incident that may be a first in diplomatic history, Kiev'€™s top diplomat publicly "€˜effed"€™ the head of another state. Foreign Minister Andrey Deshchitsa chanted "€œPutin'€™s a f**ker"€ with a cheering crowd that earlier vandalized the Russian embassy. [...]
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