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Bloomberg: Fighting rages on in east Ukraine as pleas for truce are ignored

Ukraine said fighting raged on Feb. 3 in the war-torn east as pleas for truce were ignored and death toll in the long-standing conflict rose amid the …
Bloomberg

Reuters: Russia says Ukraine violating Geneva convention, shelling civilians

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Feb. 3 accused Ukrainian armed forces of violating the Geneva Convention by shelling civilian areas in eastern Ukraine …
Reuters

RFE/RL: US ambassador to UN says no lifting of Russia sanctions until Crimea returned

The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has expressed “strong condemnation of Russia’s actions” in eastern Ukraine and warned that …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Leonid Bershidsky: The flare-up in Ukraine is not just about Putin

The frozen conflict in eastern Ukraine has flared up again because both the Kremlin and the Kyiv government are, to some extent, interested in the …
Leonid Bershidsky

Wall Street Journal: Putin’s bad Ukraine deal

Donald Trump says he knows a bad deal when he sees it, and Vladimir Putin is offering him one on Ukraine. That’s the meaning of this week’s escalation …
Wall Street Journal

The Hill: Russian official – Was Nikki Haley reading Samantha Power’s speech?

A Russian official on Feb. 2 blasted the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for her forceful condemnation of Moscow’s actions in Eastern …
The Hill

Halya Coynash: Jailed pro-Ukrainian Crimean activist likely subjected to torture

The lawyer representing pro-Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh was finally able to see his client during a court hearing on Jan. 23. He said then …
Halya Coynash

Reuters: Ukraine, separatists say more civilians killed in eastern flare-up

Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Feb. 2 of carrying out fresh artillery attacks on frontline residential areas …
Reuters

Alexander J. Motyl: Kyiv should give up on the Donbas

It didn’t take long for things in Ukraine to go south in the Trump era. Before last fall’s U.S. election, Ukraine had finally appeared to be …
Alexander J. Motyl

Reuters: McCain says Russia testing US in Ukraine, urges Trump to hit back

Russia is testing President Donald Trump with a surge of violence in eastern Ukraine and the U.S. president should give Ukraine the lethal aid it …
Reuters

New York Times: Trump’s UN envoy condemns Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’ in Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS – Nikki R. Haley, the new American ambassador to the United Nations, condemned Russia on Feb. 2 for its recent “aggressive actions” in …
New York Times

EurActiv: Ukraine appeals for help against Russia as fighting flares

Ukraine’s president appealed for more global pressure against Russia on Feb. 2 as Moscow-backed rebels and government forces clashed around a …
EurActiv.com

Associated Press: Six killed in Ukraine; Putin says Ukraine seeking US support

AVDIYIVKA – Salvos of artillery shook eastern Ukraine on Feb. 2, the fifth day of escalated fighting between government troops and Russia-backed …
Associated Press

Fighting Flares In Avdiyivka: Residents evacuate under shelling

During nearly three years of war, Olena Polianska never left her spacious house in Avdiyivka, where she lived with her daughter Rita, 13, just one …
Oksana Grytsenko

Fighting Flares In Avdiyivka: Epicenter of major escalation in Russia’s war

AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine – Nadia Volkova collapses to her knees atop the blood-stained snow and examines the body of her 60-year-old mother, Katya. Bricks …
Christopher Miller

Fighting Flares In Avdiyivka: Key facts about escalation in Russia’s war on Ukraine

A serious escalation in Russia’s long-running war on Ukraine started on Jan. 29 in Avdiyivka, a city with a pre-war population of 35,000 people on the …
EuroMaidan press

OSCE mission says truce in Donetsk filtration station area mainly holds

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) and the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) helped ensure the ceasefire near the Donetsk water …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: Putin accuses Kyiv of provoking flare up in fighting in east Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 2 accused Kyiv of provoking this week’s flare up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a ploy to win …
Reuters
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