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Maxim Eristavi: The United States abandons Ukraine

The citizens of Ukraine have never had any illusions about the international community’s willingness to take their side in their bloody conflict with …
Maxim Eristavi

Reuters: Lavrov tells France that Ukraine flare-up endangers peace talks

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault on Feb. 3 that a flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine may …
Reuters

Bloomberg: Ukraine sees worst shelling in a year, seeks new Normandy talks

Ukraine reported the worst shelling in a year in its conflict with pro-Russian insurgents and said it wants a new round of international talks once …
Bloomberg

Reuters: Aid, security groups say Ukraine, separatists must act to stave off ‘humanitarian disaster’

International security and aid organizations appealed to Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists on Feb. 3 to withdraw from front lines where fighting …
Reuters

Reuters: Poroshenko says Russia fully to blame for flare-up

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Feb. 3 said Russia was to blame for the latest flare-up in hostilities near the industrial town of Avdiyivka …
Reuters

Paul Goble: Putin attacks in Ukraine to boost chances for deal with Trump

Some commentators are suggesting Vladimir Putin launched his latest round of aggression in Ukraine because he has gotten a green light from Donald …
Paul A. Goble

Lukashenko sees no need for appearance of Russian military base in Belarus

MOSCOW – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he finds the creation of a Russian military airbase in the territory of Belarus to be …
Interfax-Ukraine

Brian Whitmore: There’s only one reason why there’s war in the Donbas

So y’all may have noticed that there’s this little debate going on over who started the latest round of fighting in the Donbas. One eyewitness says …
Brian Whitmore

AFP: More lives lost in Ukraine clashes as US pressures Russia

Avdiyivka – Clashes between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed separatists left two more dead in a flashpoint town on Feb. 3 and four others elsewhere …
Agence France-Presse

The Economist: As America and Russia talk, Ukraine fights

The timing was ominous. A day after the first, seemingly cordial telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the residents of …
The Economist

Kyiv reports 10 soldiers killed, 66 wounded near Avdiyivka since January 30

Russian-backed separatists fired at the units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the eastern town of Avdiyivka about 6,000 shells since on Jan. 30, …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Kremlin says it hopes separatists have enough ammunition

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Feb. 3 he hoped that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine had enough ammunition to respond to what he …
Reuters

UK photographer’s eyes injured in mortar attack in Avdiyivka

British photographer Christopher Nunn suffered a serious eye injury after being caught up in a mortar attack in the war-stricken city of Avdiyivka on …
Yuliana Romanyshyn

Kyiv reports three soldiers and emergency service worker killed in Donbas

Three Ukrainian servicemen and one official from the State Emergency Situations Service were killed and 18 military and one rescuer were wounded in …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: ‘Our tanks are ready’ – Ukraine braces for escalation in eastern war

AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine – “Attack. Counterattack. Attack. Counterattack.” That’s how Kyiv regiment commander Yevhen Deydey described the battlefield …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Halya Coynash: ‘Patriotic but questionable’ language laws help Moscow, not Ukrainian unity

Three draft language laws tabled in Ukraine’s parliament have elicited mixed reactions in Ukraine and a predictable stream of fake news stories and …
Halya Coynash

Halya Coynash: Latvian citizen on trial accused of war crimes in Donbas

The latest trial in an EU country of a person accused of fighting for Kremlin-backed militants in Eastern Ukraine began on Feb. 1 in Riga. Artem …
Halya Coynash

Associated Press: Eastern Ukraine shelling hits both sides

AVDIYIVKA – Strong shelling has hit both government- and rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, continuing an escalation of fighting this week. …
Associated Press
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