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The Guardian: Ukraine clashes leave several dead and test Trump’s Russia stance

Parts of east Ukraine are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis as the worst violence for a year in the conflict between Kyiv and Russia-backed …
The Guardian

Adrian Karatnycky: Why Trump cannot ignore Ukraine

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation on Jan. 28 occurred amid widespread speculation that Trump …
Adrian Karatnycky

Voice of America: UNICEF says east Ukraine fighting leaves thousands in bitter cold

LONDON — More than 17,000 people in a Ukrainian town are facing temperatures far below freezing with no heating or electricity after fighting …
Voice of America

RFE/RL: Ukrainian envoy says US affirms opposition to Russian takeover of Crimea

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations said the Trump administration fully supports his country’s territorial integrity and independence and will …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Ukraine, Russia trade accusations over Black Sea plane

MOSCOW – Russia and Ukraine traded accusations on Feb. 1 over an incident involving a Ukrainian military aircraft flying over a Russian-operated gas …
Associated Press

RFE/RL: Ukraine Contact Group urges immediate cease-fire amid surging violence

The Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), which is attempting to regulate the conflict in eastern Ukraine, has urged both sides to adhere scrupulously to …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Sajdik says no sanctions envisaged for Donbas ceasefire violators

MINSK – The Contact Group on Ukraine has not set any sanctions for violators of the truce in Donbas, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in …
Interfax-Ukraine

OSCE envoy says Donbas conflicting parties agree to swap lists of captives, verifying them

MINSK – The Contact Group for Ukraine has agreed at a meeting in Minsk to exchange the lists of captives, OSCE Special Envoy Martin Sajdik told …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: The art of the deal – why Putin needs one more than Trump

In his book, ‘Art of the Deal,’ Donald Trump said the best deals were ones where both sides got something they wanted. His credo, applied to a …
Reuters

Source says Contact Group prepares document on ceasefire on Donbas contact line

MINSK – Members of the Contact Group on Ukraine have agreed on unacceptability of armed clashes along the contact line, a source in the Group’s …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Russia engages in psychological warfare in Avdiyivka – media

In a disturbing echo of the battle for Debaltsevo two years ago, there are reports that SMS text messages are being broadcast to Ukrainian soldiers …
UNIAN

Avakov says separatists open fire on energy workers, fireworkers

Russia-backed separatists opened fire on the brigades of energy workers and pyrotechnic groups accompanying them of the State Emergency Service of …
Interfax-Ukraine

Reuters: NATO calls on Russia to help stop spike in violence in east Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on Russia on Feb. 1 to use its “considerable influence” with rebels in eastern Ukraine to end what he …
Reuters

Cease-fire in Avdiyivka breaks down

A cease-fire in the war-stricken city of Avdiyivka in Donetsk Oblast was shattered on Feb. 1 after just three-and-half hours, the head of Donetsk …
Yuliana Romanyshyn

Paul Goble: Russia’s war in Ukraine must not be ‘forgotten’

On Jan. 31, the BBC described the fighting in and around the Ukrainian city of Avdiyivka as “the front line of Europe’s ‘forgotten war,’” a …
Paul A. Goble

Kyiv reports 2 Ukrainian troops killed, 2 wounded as of 2 p.m. on Feb. 1

Russian-backed separatists continue shelling Ukrainian positions in the east of Ukraine, using proscribed weapons, resulting in two Ukrainian …
Interfax-Ukraine

AFP: Global alarm over Ukraine fighting as death toll hits 19

Avdiyivka (Ukraine) – The death toll from the latest escalation in fighting in Ukraine rose to 19 on Feb. 1 as international alarm rang out over the …
Agence France-Presse

Timothy Ash: Markets struggle with Russia’s escalation of war against Ukraine

I think the markets are struggling to understand and digest developments in Ukraine at present particularly the upsurge of violence in the Donbas, …
Timothy Ash
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